Cheerful
//ˈt͡ʃɪəfl̩// adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Noticeably happy and optimistic.
"Ever in cheerfullest mood art thou, when others are filled with Gloomy forebodings of illl, and see only ruin before them."
- 2 Bright and pleasant.
"They enjoyed a cheerful room."
Adjective
- 1 being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits wordnet
- 2 pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic wordnet
Example
More examples"Come what may, we must remain cheerful."
Etymology
From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer + -ful.
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