"cheerful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəl/ [General-American], /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfʊl/ [General-American], /ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fəl/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fʊl/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fəl/ [obsolete], /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fʊl/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-cheerful.ogg [US] Forms: more cheerful [comparative], most cheerful [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl, -ɪə(ɹ)fəl Etymology: From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chereful}} Middle English chereful, {{m|enm|cherful}} cherful, {{suffix|en|cheer|ful|pos=adjective}} cheer + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} cheerful (comparative more cheerful, superlative most cheerful)
  1. Noticeably happy and optimistic. Categories (topical): Happiness, Personality Synonyms: bright, bubbly, cheerly, ebullient, happy, joyful, merry, optimistic, vivacious, happy Translations (happy): ἱλαρός (hilarós) (Ancient Greek), مَسْرُور (masrūr) (Arabic), فَرِح (fariḥ) (Arabic), مبصوط (mabṣūṭ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), سعيد (saʕīd) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ցնծալից (cʿncalicʿ) (Armenian), şən (Azerbaijani), бодър (bodǎr) (Bulgarian), весел (vesel) (Bulgarian), cuntèntu (Campidanese Sardinian), allirgu (Campidanese Sardinian), 快樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 快乐 (kuàilè) (Chinese Mandarin), 愉快 (yúkuài) (Chinese Mandarin), şeñ (Crimean Tatar), radostný (Czech), šťastný (Czech), fornøjet (Danish), munter (Danish), blijmoedig (Dutch), tevreden (Dutch), gaja (Esperanto), hilpeä (Finnish), iloinen (Finnish), joyeux (French), content (French), de bonne humeur (French), animado (Galician), alegre (Galician), ხალისიანი (xalisiani) (Georgian), მხიარული (mxiaruli) (Georgian), fröhlich (German), vergnügt (German), grianmhar (Irish), misniúil (Irish), spéiriúil (Irish), muirneach (Irish), allegro (Italian), felice (Italian), gioioso (Italian), 楽しげな (tanoshige na) (alt: たのしげな) (Japanese), 陽気な (yōki na) (alt: ようきな) (Japanese), 嬉しい (ureshii) (alt: うれしい) (Japanese), 기쁘다 (gippeuda) (Korean), laetus (Latin), gaudens (Latin), hilaris (Latin), jautrs (Latvian), весел (vesel) (Macedonian), hurō (Maori), hihiko (Maori), manahau (Maori), harikoa (Maori), takaahuareka (Maori), rêjoui (Norman), سرخوش (sarhoş) (Ottoman Turkish), froo (Plautdietsch), freelich (Plautdietsch), schaftich (Plautdietsch), alegre (Portuguese), весёлый (vesjólyj) (Russian), रंसु (raṃsu) (Sanskrit), uffànu [Logudorese] (Sardinian), cuntèntu [Logudorese] (Sardinian), allègru [Logudorese] (Sardinian), cuntèntu (Sassarese), allègru (Sassarese), animado (Spanish), -kunjufu (Swahili), uppsluppen (Swedish), levnadsglad (Swedish), munter (Swedish), masayahin (Tagalog), ร่าเริง (râa-rəəng) (Thai), весе́лий (vesélyj) (Ukrainian), vui vẻ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cheerful-en-adj-UaAueWwc Disambiguation of Happiness: 69 31 Disambiguation of Personality: 53 47 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'happy': 100 0
  2. Bright and pleasant. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-cheerful-en-adj-1gPzJ-64 Disambiguation of Personality: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cheerfull [archaic], chearful [archaic, dialectal] Derived forms: cheap and cheerful Translations (bright): приятен (prijaten) (Bulgarian), ободрителен (obodritelen) (Bulgarian), lys (Danish), venlig (Danish), hilpeä (Finnish), iloinen (Finnish), ნათელი (nateli) (Georgian), freundlich (German), allegro (Italian), luminoso (Italian), animado (Portuguese), masaya (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'bright': 52 48

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          "lang": "French",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xalisiani",
          "sense": "happy",
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          "code": "ka",
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          "sense": "happy",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "fröhlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happy",
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          "code": "grc",
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          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "ἱλαρός"
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        {
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          "code": "ga",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "allegro"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "felice"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "gioioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "たのしげな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tanoshige na",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "楽しげな"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "ようきな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōki na",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "陽気な"
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          "alt": "うれしい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ureshii",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "嬉しい"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gippeuda",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "기쁘다"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "laetus"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "gaudens"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "hilaris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "jautrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vesel",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "весел"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "hurō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "hihiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "manahau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "harikoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "takaahuareka"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "rêjoui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "sarhoş",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "سرخوش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "froo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "freelich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "schaftich"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "alegre"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "happy",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "uffànu"
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          "sense": "happy",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "uppsluppen"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "masayahin"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "râa-rəəng",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "ร่าเริง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vesélyj",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "весе́лий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "happy",
          "word": "vui vẻ"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəl/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fəl/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)fʊl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)fəl"
    },
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      "_dis1": "52 48",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prijaten",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "приятен"
    },
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      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "ободрителен"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "lys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "venlig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "hilpeä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "iloinen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nateli",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "ნათელი"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "freundlich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "allegro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "luminoso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "animado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "masaya"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)fəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)fəl/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)fʊl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)fʊl/2 syllables",
    "en:Happiness",
    "en:Personality"
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      "form": "more cheerful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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          "word": "depressed"
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        {
          "word": "miserable"
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        {
          "word": "sad"
        }
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          "optimistic"
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        {
          "word": "ebullient"
        },
        {
          "word": "happy"
        },
        {
          "word": "joyful"
        },
        {
          "word": "merry"
        },
        {
          "word": "optimistic"
        },
        {
          "word": "vivacious"
        },
        {
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        }
      ]
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          "text": "They enjoyed a cheerful room.",
          "type": "example"
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        "Bright and pleasant."
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪə(ɹ)fʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fəl/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)fʊl"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "masrūr",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "مَسْرُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fariḥ",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "فَرِح"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mabṣūṭ",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "مبصوط"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saʕīd",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "سعيد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʿncalicʿ",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "ցնծալից"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "şən"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bodǎr",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "бодър"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vesel",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "весел"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "快樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàilè",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "快乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúkuài",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "愉快"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "şeñ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "radostný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "šťastný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "fornøjet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "munter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "blijmoedig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "tevreden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "gaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "hilpeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "iloinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "joyeux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "content"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "de bonne humeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "animado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "alegre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xalisiani",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "ხალისიანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxiaruli",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "მხიარული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "fröhlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "vergnügt"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hilarós",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "ἱλαρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "grianmhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "misniúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "spéiriúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "muirneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "allegro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "felice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "gioioso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たのしげな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanoshige na",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "楽しげな"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōki na",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "陽気な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うれしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ureshii",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "嬉しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gippeuda",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "기쁘다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "laetus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "gaudens"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "hilaris"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "jautrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vesel",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "весел"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "hurō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "hihiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "manahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "harikoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "takaahuareka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "rêjoui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sarhoş",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "سرخوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "froo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "freelich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "schaftich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "alegre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesjólyj",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "весёлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "raṃsu",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "रंसु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "cuntèntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "allirgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "uffànu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "cuntèntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "allègru"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "cuntèntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "allègru"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "animado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "-kunjufu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "uppsluppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "levnadsglad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "munter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "masayahin"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "râa-rəəng",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "ร่าเริง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vesélyj",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "весе́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "vui vẻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prijaten",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "приятен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obodritelen",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "ободрителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "lys"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "venlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "hilpeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "iloinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nateli",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "ნათელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "freundlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "allegro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "luminoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "animado"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "masaya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheerful"
}

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