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cheerful definition
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Grep of noun cheerful cheerfulness Overview of adj cheerful The adj cheerful has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) cheerful -- (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") 2. cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat -- (pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic) Antonyms of adj cheerful 2 senses of cheerful Sense 1 cheerful (vs. cheerless) cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful => blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim => dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry => somber, sombre Sense 2 cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat INDIRECT (VIA optimistic) -> pessimistic Similarity of adj cheerful 2 senses of cheerful Sense 1 cheerful (vs. cheerless) => beaming, glad => beamish, smiling(postnominal), twinkly => blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome => buoyant, chirpy, perky => cheering => cheery, gay, sunny => chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty => glad (vs. sad) Also See-> glad#1; happy#1 Sense 2 cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat => optimistic (vs. pessimistic) Attributes of adj cheerful 1 of 2 senses of cheerful Sense 1 cheerful (vs. cheerless) => cheerfulness, cheer Familiarity of adj cheerful cheerful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj cheerful cheerful uncheerful Overview of adj cheerful The adj cheerful has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) cheerful -- (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") 2. cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat -- (pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic)
cheerful definition
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