Cheerful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɪəfl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cheerful is an adjective meaning Noticeably happy and optimistic.
Meaning
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
More Meanings
- Bright and pleasant.
Example Sentences
They enjoyed a cheerful room.
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.
Word Forms
- cheerfuler
- cheerfuller
- cheerfulest
- cheerfullest
- cheerfull
- chearful
Synonyms for cheerful
Depending on context, synonyms include cheery, bright, bubbly, cheerly, ebullient, happy.
Antonyms for cheerful
Common opposites include depressed, gloomy, miserable, sad, cheerless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chirpy, chipper, cheery, lighthearted, beamish, beaming.
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