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Definition of Cheerful
1. Adjective. Being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits. "As cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"
Similar to: Beaming, Glad, Beamish, Smiling, Twinkly, Blithe, Blithesome, Light-hearted, Lighthearted, Lightsome, Buoyant, Chirpy, Perky, Cheery, Gay, Sunny, Chipper, Debonair, Debonaire, Jaunty
Also: Happy, Glad
Derivative terms: Cheerfulness
Antonyms: Depressing
2. Adjective. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
Definition of Cheerful
1. a. Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
Definition of Cheerful
1. Adjective. Noticeably happy and optimistic. ¹
2. Adjective. Bright and pleasant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheerful
1. full of spirits [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheerful
Literary usage of Cheerful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"CALLIOPE; OR, THE cheerful. ... Sweet daughter of Society; Whilst lair Calliope
pursues Flights worthy of the cheerful Muse. О life, thou great essential ..."
2. A sentimental journey through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne (1841)
"... with so cheerful a movement and so cheerful a look, that had I been laying
out fifty louis d'ws with her, I should have said, " That woman is grateful. ..."
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