cheerful (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def being full of or promoting cheer
def having or showing good spirits
examples her cheerful nature
a cheerful greeting
a cheerful room
as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be
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Also see glad; happy
Attribute cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
Derivationally related form cheerful → cheerfulness
Antonym cheerful → depressing
Similar to beaming, glad; beamish, smiling(a), twinkly; blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted; buoyant, chirpy, perky; cheery, gay, sunny; chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
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Similar to beaming, glad; beamish, smiling(a), twinkly; blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted; buoyant, chirpy, perky; cheery, gay, sunny; chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
Antonym depressing → cheerful
Also see happy; glad
Derivationally related form cheerfulness → cheerful
Attribute cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine

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