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cheerful definition

cheer·ful (c̸hir′fəl)

adjective

  1. full of cheer; joyful
  2. filling with cheer; bright and attractive a cheerful room
  3. willing; ready a cheerful helper

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cheerful Synonyms

cheerful

modif.

  1. Said especially of persons

    gay, merry, optimistic, in good spirits; see happy 1, hopeful 1, lively 2, sprightly.

  2. Said especially of things

    cheery, bright, sunny, sparkling; see comfortable 2, lively 2, pleasant 2, sprightly. See syn. study at happy.


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cheerful Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • response: Uses to decide cheerful in response on time they service fees on.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: It was a sound which did not make _her_ cheerful; she wondered that Edmund should forget her, and felt a pang.

Modifies a noun

  • giver: He loves you, a special love, for the cheerful giver.

Modifying Another Word

  • unfailingly: Unfailingly cheerful, in spite of indifferent health, he developed, in later life, an enthusiasm for computing.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Cons: Drivers don't seem quite as cheerful as other staff, not sure why.
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cheerful quotes

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

-Bible (Old Testament)

So let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

-Bible (NewTestament)

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

-Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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