cheerful
Meanings
Adjective
- 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"
Adjective Satellite
- pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
Adj
- Noticeably happy and optimistic.
- Bright and pleasant.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer + -ful.
Synonyms
berserk, blissed out, blithe, blithesome, bonnie, bright, bubbly, buoyant, cheerful, cheerly, cheery, chuffed, cock-a-hoop, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ebullient, ecstatic, elated, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, fat and happy, gassed, gay, gayful, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, happy as a clam, happy as a clam at high water, happy as a lark, happy as a pig in mud, happy as a pig in shit, happy as a prince, happy as Larry, happy as the day is long, hearty, high on life, jovial, joyful, merry, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, mirthsome, on cloud nine, optimistic, over the moon, overjoyed, overjoyous, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, pollyannaish, satisfied, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant, upbeat, vivacious, wealful
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
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