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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cheerful
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a happy/cheerful atmosphere
▪ It's a good school and it has a very happy atmosphere.
cheap and cheerfulBritish English (= simple and not expensive, but of reasonable quality)
▪ a cheap and cheerful Italian restaurant
have a cheerful/sunny etc disposition (=have a happy character)
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
▪ She was always cheerful and outgoing.
▪ The atmosphere in the Institute is always cheerful, busy, encouraging, warm and positive.
▪ There was only two teaching staff at Little Stonham, and the headmistress, both of who were friendly and always cheerful.
as
▪ The lads were as cheerful as ever but guarded, like the possessors of unwelcome news.
▪ He is as cheerful in his workday as Stadler is grumpy.
▪ They are about as cheerful as the place they run to.
▪ When later on she went down to the sea she felt almost as cheerful again as in pre-Andrée days.
▪ He was not often as cheerful as the example quoted.
more
▪ He was like a slightly deflated version of John Hall, only much more cheerful.
▪ Hugh became more cheerful than usual.
▪ To have thought this made him more cheerful.
▪ He had been much more cheerful lately, Emmie thought, and all her night fears suddenly seemed childish and silly.
▪ They would like to be feeling more cheerful, enthusiastic and powerful, but don't know how.
▪ Slightly more cheerful results are expected this week from another construction group, Amec.
▪ By the time they reached Paddington he was more cheerful.
so
▪ Hywel is a bit grumpy, and Wyn's so cheerful.
▪ I asked, amazed and a little offended hearing him be so cheerful.
▪ She is so cheerful and manages to cook and clean for herself.
▪ She wondered why he was so morose, he wondered why she was so cheerful.
▪ She had never seen Bella so cheerful ....
▪ Rhoda was forty-eight, blonde, buxom and so cheerful Ken said she ought to be a barmaid.
▪ Was it possible for such a large amount of people as inhabited Athena Gardens to be genuinely so cheerful and contented?
very
▪ If one whisky makes me feel cheerful, four whiskies ought to make me feel very cheerful.
▪ Some of the troops were waving and seemed very cheerful.
▪ She's a very cheerful, quite posh type.
▪ Arnold was a widower and very cheerful and noisy in a hail-fellow-well-met sort of way.
▪ You had to look very cheerful and normal while you worked so that no one would guess you were praying.
▪ When she was either very cheerful or very angry, she cooked.
▪ One evening two young ladies came to visit, and a very cheerful party followed.
▪ I had lit a fire, and the room was very cheerful with the sun shining in.
■ NOUN
disposition
▪ Her cheerful disposition, sympathy, and tact made her popular.
manner
▪ She has a pleasant, cheerful manner, and was well liked by all who came in contact with her.
▪ But although Maxine Johnson of the Founders still had doubts, he clinched the deal with his easy and cheerful manner.
note
▪ It was a cheerful note on which to end.
smile
▪ An attractive girl with a cheerful smile and laughing eyes was sitting at the cash register by the doorway.
▪ Surface socialism may seem more acceptable, but old ideologies lurk close behind the cheerful smiles.
voice
▪ Or was there something else just evident in his cheerful voice? ... Recalled to the colours ... Rejoin the Regiment.
▪ But here, when they knocked, the door was opened wide and a cheerful voice bade them enter.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as friendly/cheerful/miserable etc as ever
▪ The lads were as cheerful as ever but guarded, like the possessors of unwelcome news.
strike a happy/cheerful/cautious etc note
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Fine, thanks,'' he replied in a cheerful manner.
▪ a cheerful voice
▪ a cheerful, spotlessly clean kitchen
▪ Amelia seemed a little more cheerful today than last week.
▪ Mary Ellen is a cheerful and enthusiastic person.
▪ Salem is a cheerful, pleasant place.
▪ She's kind of like a puppy - she's so cheerful and friendly.
▪ She greeted us with a cheerful smile.
▪ The First Lady was cheerful and energetic during the press conference.
▪ Thomas was cheerful and good-natured, and we soon became good friends.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bigwig, cheerful at the prospect of action.
▪ Brando's Open 7 days, busy, bustling, cheerful bar.
▪ But Gandhi was stoical in his bearing, cheerful, and confident in his conversations, and had a kindly eye.
▪ For the first time Loi was not his usual cheerful self.
▪ He had a cheerful, efficient look and I liked him straight away.
▪ La Rocca Pizzas, pasta, veal and steak all served with cheerful personal attention.
▪ She faced it all with cheerful enthusiasm.
▪ She was far too cheerful for Sammler.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cheerful

Cheerful \Cheer"ful\ (ch[=e]r"f[.u]l; 277), a. Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

To entertain a cheerful disposition.
--Shak.

The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music.
--Spenser.

A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God.
--Macaulay.

This general applause and cheerful shout.
--Shak.

Syn: Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful; blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous; vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cheerful

c.1400, "full of cheer," from cheer (n.) + -ful. Meaning "elevating the spirits" is from mid-15c. Related: Cheerfully; cheerfulness.

Wiktionary
cheerful

a. 1 Noticeably happy and optimistic. 2 Bright and pleasant.

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WordNet
cheerful

  1. adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" [ant: cheerless]

  2. pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic [syn: pollyannaish, upbeat]

Usage examples of "cheerful".

Even while Miss Airedale gazed archly up at him, and he was busy with cheerful conversation, he was conscious of that broad band of perfect colour, monotonous, comforting, thrilling.

He looked so pantherish and male, dressed all in black, lounging at his ease in her cheerful kitchen.

There was graffiti allover the walls of Jale, or Yule, or whatever its name is, that said, with cheerful obscenity, Carver Cabwell is a Harvard man.

Avola almonds, and his cheerful marzipan stars covered in dark chocolate.

She gave Andi a cheerful salute with her mug and swiveled back around to her keyboard.

All the while Anubis ate and listened, slowly noticing under all the cheerful talk the actual loneliness of the man.

Earnest perusal of the fashion journals had cast Arabella into a mood of despair, but Mama took a more cheerful view of the matter.

Yeah, just one month of this same-old, same-old turned to hell when all a guy had for company was a cheerful Aussie and a mismatched set of twin wannabees.

So, after Class 22 had competed in jumping, and Hilary had most surprisingly won the little silver cup offered, Fatty, Bets and the rest moved off, accompanied by a suddenly cheerful Hilary.

Not at heart a cheerful woman, stubby, strong, and loud, she had always scared Rosie, who thought Boney was afraid of her too.

But he was not prepared for this cheerful recognition that there was a hideously deformed person living in the forest surrounding them, this open acknowledgment that there was a freak who spent his days skulking along the green belts of Bonita Vista--and that apparently everyone knew about it.

Cheerful greetings from the other reporters, delivered in accents as diverse as brash Brooklynese and a Charleston drawl, helped dissipate them.

So, before they curse the bushland they should let their fancy range, And take something for their livers, and be cheerful for a change.

After mournfully announcing that the final price had ruined him, the merchant gave Ross cheerful directions to the caravansary where the rest of the caravan was spending the night.

Vanessa is sixteen and attending a private coeducational school in Blantyre where the focus is on a cheerful learning atmosphere and where the students are encouraged to express themselves artistically.