"cheerful" meaning in English

See cheerful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪəfl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfl̩/ [General-American], /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fəl/ [obsolete], /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)fʊl/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-cheerful.ogg [US] Forms: more cheerful [comparative], cheerfuler [comparative], cheerfuller [comparative], most cheerful [superlative], cheerfulest [superlative], cheerfullest [superlative], cheerfull [alternative, archaic], chearful [alternative, archaic, dialectal]
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, {{suffix|en|cheer|ful|pos=adjective}} cheer + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|more,er,cheerfuller}} cheerful (comparative more cheerful or cheerfuler or cheerfuller, superlative most cheerful or cheerfulest or cheerfullest)
  1. Noticeably happy and optimistic. Translations (happy): ἱλαρός (hilarós) (Ancient Greek), مَسْرُور (masrūr) (Arabic), فَرِح (fariḥ) (Arabic), مبصوط (mabṣūṭ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), سعيد (saʕīd) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ցնծալից (cʻncalicʻ) (Armenian), şən (Azerbaijani), бодър (bodăr) (Bulgarian), весел (vesel) (Bulgarian), cuntèntu (Campidanese Sardinian), allirgu (Campidanese Sardinian), magaya-gaya (Central Bikol), 快樂 /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), प्रफुल्लित (praphullit) (Hindi), हर्षित (harṣit) (Hindi), आनंदित (ānandit) (Hindi), 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), blisful (Middle English), hurō (Māori), hihiko (Māori), manahau (Māori), harikoa (Māori), takaahuareka (Māori), 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), alegre (Spanish), risueño (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 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Bikol translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin 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Terms with Sardinian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Sassarese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Happiness: 93 7 Disambiguation of Personality: 100 0 Synonyms: cheery, bright, bubbly, cheerly, ebullient, happy, joyful, merry, optimistic, vivacious, berserk, blissed out, blithe, buoyant, chirpy [informal], blithesome, bonnie, bright, cheerful, cheerly [archaic], cheery, chuffed, cock-a-hoop, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ebullient, ecstatic, elated, enthusiastic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, fat and happy, gassed, gay, gayful, giddy, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, hearty, hyped, high on life, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthsome, on cloud nine, overjoyed, overjoyous, over the moon, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, satisfied, stoked, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant, vivacious, wealful [obsolete], happy as a clam, happy as a clam at high water, happy as a lark, happy as a pig in mud, happy as a pig in shit, happy as a prince, happy as Larry, happy as the day is long, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig Disambiguation of 'happy': 100 0
  2. Bright and pleasant.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheap and cheerful, cheerfulize, cheerfully, cheerfulness, cheerfulsome, overcheerful, uncheerful 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "joyeux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "content"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "de bonne humeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "animado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "alegre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "xalisiani",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "ხალისიანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "mxiaruli",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "მხიარული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "fröhlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "vergnügt"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "hilarós",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "ἱλαρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "praphullit",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "प्रफुल्लित"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "harṣit",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "हर्षित"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "ānandit",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "आनंदित"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "grianmhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "misniúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "spéiriúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "muirneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "allegro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "felice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "gioioso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たのしげな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "tanoshige na",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "楽しげな"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "yōki na",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "陽気な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うれしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ureshii",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "嬉しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gippeuda",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "기쁘다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "laetus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "gaudens"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "hilaris"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "jautrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "vesel",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "весел"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "hurō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "hihiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "manahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "harikoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "takaahuareka"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "blisful"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "rêjoui"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "lang_code": "pdt",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "froo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "lang_code": "pdt",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "freelich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "lang_code": "pdt",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "schaftich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "alegre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vesjólyj",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "весёлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "lang_code": "sa",
      "roman": "raṃsu",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "रंसु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "cuntèntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "allirgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "uffànu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "cuntèntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "happy",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "allègru"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "lang_code": "sdc",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "cuntèntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "lang_code": "sdc",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "allègru"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "animado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "alegre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "risueño"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "-kunjufu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "uppsluppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "levnadsglad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "munter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "masayahin"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "râa-rəəng",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "ร่าเริง"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "sarhoş",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "سرخوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "vesélyj",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "весе́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "happy",
      "word": "vui vẻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "prijaten",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "приятен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "obodritelen",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "ободрителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "lys"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "venlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "hilpeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "iloinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "nateli",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "ნათელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "freundlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "allegro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "luminoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "animado"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "bright",
      "word": "masaya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheerful"
}

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