What does cheerful mean?
Cheerful means Noticeably happy and optimistic..
Cheerful
/ˈt͡ʃɪəfl̩/ · adjective
Meaning
Noticeably happy and optimistic..
Definitions by Sense
- Noticeably happy and optimistic.
- Bright and pleasant.
Example Sentences
Ever in cheerfullest mood art thou, when others are filled with Gloomy forebodings of illl, and see only ruin before them.
He moped, she felt, as the time went by, and he was cheerfuler only when some letter, full of hope without expectation, came from Dick.
The Eskimo is a nobler, cheerfuller and easy-goinger person than we smug civilized citizens have always imagined. Rockwell Kent, the noted Eskimophile, claims they are a polite and happy race.
They enjoyed a cheerful room.
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Synonyms for cheerful
Antonyms for cheerful
Related Words
Word Forms
- more cheerful
- cheerfuler
- cheerfuller
- most cheerful
- cheerfulest
- cheerfullest
- cheerfull
- chearful
Usage Notes
Choose a synonym only when it preserves the intended meaning, tone, and grammar of the full sentence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for cheerful?
Common synonyms include cheery, bright, bubbly, cheerly.
What is the opposite of cheerful?
Possible antonyms include depressed, gloomy, miserable, sad.
How do you use cheerful in a sentence?
Ever in cheerfullest mood art thou, when others are filled with Gloomy forebodings of illl, and see only ruin before them.
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