Definition of cheerful Cheerful

/ʧɪˈɹfʌl/ - [chirful] - cheer•ful

We found 7 definitions of cheerful from 5 different sources.

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What does cheerful mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

cheerful, cheerfuller, cheerfullest

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"
  cheerless, depressing, uncheerful causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
  glad feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth"
  happy well expressed and to the point; "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words"
  cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine a cry or shout of approval
  beaming, glad radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"
  beamish, smiling, twinkly smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus"
  blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted, blithe, lightsome carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
  perky, buoyant, chirpy characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
  cheery, sunny, gay bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
cheerful - pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
  pollyannaish, upbeat
  optimistic expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • cheerful (Adjective)
    Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  • cheerful (Adjective)
    Bright and pleasant.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cheerful (a.)
    Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • cheerful
    In good spirits.

Part of speech

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  • cheerful, adjective.

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