cheerful
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer + -ful.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: cheer‧ful
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪərfʊl
Adjective
cheerful (comparative more cheerful, superlative most cheerful)
- Noticeably happy and optimistic.
- Bright and pleasant.
- They enjoyed a cheerful room.
- Template:RQ:WBsnt IvryGt
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
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Antonyms
Translations
happy
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