/ʧɪˈɹfʌl/ - [chirful] - cheer•ful
We found 7 definitions of cheerful from 5 different sources.
Adjectivecheerful, cheerfuller, cheerfullest |
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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" |