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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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