CHEERFUL


Meaning of CHEERFUL in English

adj. Function: adjective

1 marked by or suggestive of lighthearted ease of mind and spirit FF1C; a cheerful smile FF1E;

Synonyms: blithe, cheery, ||chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, lightsome, sunbeamy, sunny; compare LIVELY 1

Related Words: airy, carefree, debonair, jaunty; animated, gay, lighthearted, lively, vivacious; buoyant, corky

Idioms: in good ( or high) spirits, of good cheer

Contrasted Words: blue, dejected, depressed, melancholy; dispirited, heavyhearted; joyless, mournful, sorrowful, woeful; dour, morose, saturnine, sullen; doleful, lugubrious; austere, forbidding, grim, stern

Antonyms: gloomy, glum

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Synonyms: GLAD 2, bright, cheery, radiant

Antonyms: cheerless

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.