cheerfulness

Meanings

Plural: cheerfulnesses

Noun

• the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
  • "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
• a feeling of spontaneous good spirits
  • "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"
• The state of being cheerful; joy.

Synonyms

blitheness, blithesomeness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentedness, contentness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, gaiety, gayfulness, gayness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness, sunniness, sunshine

Antonyms

cheerlessness, uncheerfulness