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Definitions for: Cheerful [adj] being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"
[adj] pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
Webster (1913) Definition: Cheer"ful, a.
Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery;
contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
To entertain a cheerful disposition. --Shak.
The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music.
--Spenser.
A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. --Macaulay.
This general applause and cheerful shout. --Shak.
Syn: Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful;
blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous;
vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful.
Synonyms: beaming, beamish, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheering, cheery, chipper, chirpy, debonair, debonaire, gay, glad, jaunty, lighthearted, lightsome, optimistic, perky, pollyannaish, smiling(a), sunny, twinkly, upbeat
Antonyms: cheerless, uncheerful
See Also: happy
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