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cheerfulness

DEFINITIONS OF: cheerfulness

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n a feeling of spontaneous good spirits

“his cheerfulness made everyone feel better”
Synonyms:
blitheness
Antonyms:
cheerlessness, uncheerfulness
a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
Types:
buoyancy, perkiness
cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness
the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
Type of:
happiness
emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

n the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

“flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room”
Synonyms:
cheer, sunniness, sunshine
Antonyms:
uncheerfulness
not conducive to cheer or good spirits
Types:
good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness
a cheerful willingness to be obliging
Type of:
attribute
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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