Cheerfulness

Quick meaning: Cheerfulness is a noun meaning The state of being cheerful; joy.

Meaning

The state of being cheerful; joy.

Example Sentences

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giueth, let him doe it with simplicitie: hee that ruleth, with diligence: hee that sheweth mercy, with cheerefulnesse.

The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns - a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms - days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.

Word Forms

• cheerfulnesses
• chearfulness

Synonyms for cheerfulness

Depending on context, synonyms include glee, jollity, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheeriness, contentness.

Antonyms for cheerfulness

Common opposites include cheerlessness, uncheerfulness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cheer, blitheness, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, cheeriness.

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