cheerful

[ cheer-fuhl ]

/ ˈtʃɪər fəl /

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adjective

full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.

promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright: cheerful surroundings.

characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness: cheerful songs.

hearty or ungrudging: cheerful giving.

OTHER WORDS FOR cheerful

1 cheery, gay, blithe, happy, joyful, joyous, buoyant, sunny, jolly.

4 generous.

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OPPOSITES FOR cheerful

1 miserable.

4 grudging.

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Origin of cheerful

First recorded in 1400–50, cheerful is from the late Middle English word cherfull.See cheer, -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM cheerful

cheer·ful·ly, adverbcheer·ful·ness, nounquasi-cheerful, adjectivequa·si-cheer·ful·ly, adverb

un·cheer·ful, adjectiveun·cheer·ful·ly, adverbun·cheer·ful·ness, noun

How to use cheerful in a sentence

She was known for her positivity, cheerfulness, and sweet demeanor.
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Unsavoury as it is below, there is cheerfulness, and comfort, and hard, honest work above.
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Women,” Gore says, “have been socialized really differently with happiness and cheerfulness and our place in the world.
What Makes Women Happy?|Marisa Meltzer|February 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Women," Gore says, "have been socialized really differently with happiness and cheerfulness and our place in the world.
What Makes Women Happy?|Marisa Meltzer|February 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Oppose Sotomayor, if you will, on her legal opinions, not on her credentials or cheerfulness.
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His cheerfulness was unbounded, and it was matched by his goodness of heart, his broad charity, and common sense.
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For many days he was in a state of phrensy, and was never again restored to cheerfulness.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
This brief conflict ended, she resumed her wonted composure and cheerfulness.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
One could never meet him in the street, and look into his pleasant face, without catching something of his cheerfulness.
Mike Marble|Uncle Frank
And here and there things that could ill be spared, brought in and offered with resolute cheerfulness.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for cheerful

cheerful

/ (ˈtʃɪəfʊl) /

adjective

having a happy disposition; in good spirits

pleasantly bright; gladdeninga cheerful room

hearty; ungrudging; enthusiasticcheerful help

Derived forms of cheerful

cheerfully, adverbcheerfulness, noun

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