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cheerful

[cheer-fuhl]

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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.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English cherfull. See cheer, -ful

Related forms

cheer·ful·ly, adverb

cheer·ful·ness, noun

qua·si-cheer·ful, adjective

qua·si-cheer·ful·ly, adverb

un·cheer·ful, adjective

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un·cheer·ful·ly, adverb

un·cheer·ful·ness, noun

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Synonyms
1. cheery, gay, blithe, happy, joyful, joyous, buoyant, sunny, jolly. 4. generous.

Antonyms
1. miserable. 4. grudging.

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Example Sentences

It is a much more dynamic, tougher but more cheerful place.

Its loud, cheerful song make the western meadowlark one of the best known of western birds.

Start the morning with a cheerful reminder that sea levels are rising.

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It is a much more dynamic, tougher but more cheerful place.

Its loud, cheerful song make the western meadowlark one of the best known of western birds.

Start the morning with a cheerful reminder that sea levels are rising.

These misreadings seem to be congenial but unfamiliar facts, appearing before us in cheerful attire, inviting us to go for a spin.

Such cheerful blooms provide a bright contrast to the house and to the sailboats that glide by the garden on glittering days.

The morning court session quickly turned from cheerful to gloomy.

Amazon's pricing strategy also reflects one of the firm's core beliefs, which is that cheap stuff makes customers cheerful.

He is a large and cheerful man, and nothing can put fire in his eyes faster than word of a new find.

Build your virtual family as firm as you build your warm, cheerful and steady home.

I'll always come out on top" is her watchword-and children worldwide are ravished by her cheerful delinquency.

Cheerful daisylike blooms in various warm shades of yellow, bronze, and red.

Joy and a couple of permanent staffers inhabit a cheerful clutter of exotic gear, whiteboard, and piles of books.

These cheerful and informed locals offer free tours of their neighborhoods for visitors.

He wants to exit life in a cheerful and dignified way.

Cheerful colors and lots of windows give the new kitchen an open, airy feel.

Because their music is pretty cheerful and energetic, even when their english isn't that good.

Cheerful paint colors accent complementary white-oak flooring and rich fir cabinetry.

The dogs bless us by being willing, able and cheerful participants.

We will miss your charming face, cheerful smile, always helpful hand and warm humor.

Johnson, urging their swift and cheerful distribution.

Ball to come up with something cheerful to smooth wrinkled brows and make the whole.

Realistic birds with actual song recordings make cheerful companions.

Brainwash should be inspirational, and in the hands of a more cheerful director it probably would've been.

We will miss her ever cheerful disposition and enthusiam.

She is positive, cheerful and she spreads joy around.

But they should be a bit more cheerful at the moment.

Banks has been cheerful since has sentence, and talked.

It's a cheerful book too so if nothing else it will make you feel happier about your attempts to write.

She claps a cheerful arm around each new friend's shoulder, looks into the camera, grins.

Add a sprinkling of cheerful yellow to those cool pinks, for instance, or a splash of blue.

Then a cheerful adviser greets you by name, identifies your location, and asks how he or she may be of service.

The cheerful urchin who sold you papers, blacked your boots, and took your pennies with.

True virtue ought to be cheerful and soar with the sublimity of reverence for its law.

Both have generated a pressing need for cheap and cheerful translations between numerous languages.

He was a handsome young man, some ten years my junior, of cheerful disposition and winning manner.

If you list the course work and are able to give a cheerful explanation, they are not likely to investigage.

Cheerful though his appearance was, the melody was melancholy, as clowns themselves often are.

Perennially cheerful and optimistic, he greets everyone he meets as if they were dear departed friends.

Wills sings a number of topical songs, and incites cheerful people to laugh with some heartiness.

Being more patient and cheerful makes me more approachable, which gives me a better chance to help them.

His sweet spirit and cheerful optimism will be missed.

Cheerful is interestingbut far from my capability.

Company bosses are more cheerful too, according to recent opinion surveys.

The prisoner seemed more cheerful in his manner, and showed much.

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World English Dictionary

cheerful (ˈtʃɪəfʊl)

—*adj*
1.	having a happy disposition; in good spirits
2.	pleasantly bright; gladdening: a cheerful room
3.	hearty; ungrudging; enthusiastic: cheerful help

'cheerfully

—*adv*

'cheerfulness

—n

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Word Origin & History

cheerful

c.1400, "full of cheer," from cheer (q.v.) + -ful. Meaning "elevating the spirits" is from mid-15c. Related: Cheerfully; cheerfulness.

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