cheerful
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cheerful/ˈtʃɪəfl/
▶adjective
- 1 noticeably happy and optimistic.
- 2 causing happiness; pleasant.
– derivatives
cheerfully adverb,
cheerfulness noun.
cheerfully adverb,
cheerfulness noun.
'cheerful' also found in these Oxford entries:
alacrity
- bear
- boisterous
- breeze
- bright
- bubbly
- buck
- buoyant
- chin
- chipper
- chirp
- chirpy
- convivial
- devil
- ebullient
- enliven
- exhilarate
- exuberant
- frolic
- gaiety
- gaily
- gemütlich
- genial
- good-humoured
- hearten
- hearty
- high spirits
- hilarious
- jocund
- jollity
- jolly
- jovial
- joy
- light-hearted
- lilt
- merry
- muscular Christianity
- peart
- pecker
- perk
- perky
- pick-me-up
- Pollyanna
- retail therapy
- smiley
- solemn
- sprauncy
- sunny
- Tiggerish
