(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If someone is ~ed by something, it encourages them and makes them cheerful.
He will have been ~ed by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday...
The news ~ed everybody.
= cheer
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~ed
I feel ~ed by her progress...
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ by n, ADJ that
~ing
This is ~ing news.
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf