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cheerful
[ cheer-fuhl ]
adjective
- full of cheer; in good spirits:
a cheerful person.
Synonyms: jolly, sunny, buoyant, joyous, joyful, happy, blithe, gay, cheery
Antonyms: miserable
- promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright:
cheerful surroundings.
- characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness:
cheerful songs.
- hearty or ungrudging:
cheerful giving.
Synonyms: generous
Antonyms: grudging
cheerful
/ ˈtʃɪəfʊl /
adjective
- having a happy disposition; in good spirits
- pleasantly bright; gladdening
a cheerful room
- hearty; ungrudging; enthusiastic
cheerful help
Derived Forms
- ˈcheerfulness, noun
- ˈcheerfully, adverb
Other Words From
- cheerful·ly adverb
- cheerful·ness noun
- quasi-cheerful adjective
- quasi-cheerful·ly adverb
- un·cheerful adjective
- un·cheerful·ly adverb
- un·cheerful·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
They also love Christmas, and are determined to make it cheerful and to give gifts.
A cheerful convict was found dead by his devoted caretaker one morning.
“Highly inquisitive, highly playful, always cheerful,” he recalls.
Eri Hayward is cheerful, even as she drops verbal bombs that demolish mainstream conceptions about being transgender.
And as with all cheerful, well-intentioned memes, the Challenge has provoked some good old-fashioned political trolling.
This gave the house a very cheerful appearance, as if it were constantly on a broad grin.
Your hangings must be of chintz, of pretty chintz, and you will put a cheerful carpet on the floor.
But from the rather dismal salon they passed into a more cheerful room.
The cheerful sound of music came from the deck of a big saloon steamer, bearing its crowd of noisy tourists.
The cheerful hours of easy labor vary but do not destroy the pursuit of pleasure and of recreation.
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