cheer
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.: The cheers of the fans filled the stadium.
a set or traditional form of shout used by spectators to encourage or show enthusiasm for an athletic team, contestant, etc., as rah! rah! rah!
something that gives joy or gladness; encouragement; comfort: words of cheer.
a state of feeling or spirits: She entered his room promptly at 7 a.m. with her usual good cheer.
gladness, gaiety, or animation: Festivities will continue all week, with events and attractions spreading holiday cheer across the city.
food and drink: tables laden with cheer.
Archaic. facial expression.
cheers, (used as a salutation or toast.)
to salute with shouts of approval, congratulation, triumph, etc.: The team members cheered their captain.
to gladden or cause joy to; inspire with cheer (often followed by up): The good news cheered her.
to encourage or incite: She cheered him on when he was about to give up.
to utter cheers of approval, encouragement, triumph, etc.
to become happier or more cheerful (often followed by up): She cheered up as soon as the sun began to shine.
Obsolete. to be or feel in a particular state of mind or spirits.
Idioms about cheer
be of good cheer, (used as an exhortation to be cheerful): Be of good cheer! Things could be much worse.
with good cheer, cheerfully; willingly: She accepted her lot with good cheer.
Origin of cheer
1synonym study For cheer
Other words for cheer
Opposites for cheer
Other words from cheer
- cheerer, noun
- cheer·ing·ly, adverb
- un·cheered, adjective
- un·cheer·ing, adjective
- well-cheered, adjective
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How to use cheer in a sentence
Nor was his heart uncheered by fresh arrivals from the old world.
Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 | Brantz MayerThe great army of the nameless reformers uncheered, unparagraphed, unhonoured.
All Roads Lead to Calvary | Jerome K. JeromeDismayed, wearied, and uncheered by success, she continued to act out her little feeble comedies.
Consequences | E. M. DelafieldA life of desolation, a death uncheered by a single friendly face, to live forgotten and die forlorn, that was her doom.
The Actress' Daughter | May Agnes FlemingThis loyal troop on its march to that point, passed through disaffected Maryland, uncheered and unprovided.
The Forty-third regiment United States Colored Troops | Jeremiah Marion Mickley
British Dictionary definitions for cheer
/ (tʃɪə) /
(usually foll by up) to make or become happy or hopeful; comfort or be comforted
to applaud with shouts
(when tr, sometimes foll by on) to encourage (a team, person, etc) with shouts, esp in contests
a shout or cry of approval, encouragement, etc, often using such words as hurrah! or rah! rah! rah!
three cheers three shouts of hurrah given in unison by a group to honour someone or celebrate something
happiness; good spirits
state of mind; spirits (archaic, except in the phrases be of good cheer, with good cheer)
archaic provisions for a feast; fare
Origin of cheer
1- See also cheers
Derived forms of cheer
- cheerer, noun
- cheeringly, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with cheer
In addition to the idioms beginning with cheer
- cheer on
- cheer up
also see:
- three cheers
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