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4. animation, liveliness, vivacity, vivaciousness, sprightliness; spirit, enthusiasm, exuberance, animal spirits; energy, life, vitality, vigor, vim, Inf. pep; ebullience, sparkle, effervescence, shine, glow.
-v. 5. applaud, clap, salute; shout, yell, cry aloud, Inf. holler, root for; hurrah, hurray, huzzah.
6. cheer up be of good cheer, take heart, Inf. buck up, U.S. Inf. chirk; comfort, solace, make [s.o.] feel better, console, reassure; encourage, inspire, inspirit, Inf. pep up, buoy up, raise [s.o.'s] spirits, give [s.o.] a lift; gladden, hearten, enhearten, embolden; animate, vivify, quicken, vitalize, energize, enliven, brighten, invigorate, give new life to; fortify, strengthen, restore, revitalize, revivify, revive.
7. incite, stimulate, arouse, rouse up, awaken; fire, kindle, enkindle, stir, goad, spur on, prod, prick; push, egg on, urge, impel, exhort; boost, promote, prompt, Inf. spark, Inf. sparkplug, instigate, foment, provoke; excite, work up.
cheerful, adj. 1. cheery, full of cheer, gay, sunny, in good or high spirits; blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lightsome, buoyant, optimistic, positive, Inf. upbeat, beamish; debonair, free and easy, carefree, easygoing, breezy, airy, happy-go-lucky, untroubled; genial, convivial, amiable, good-natured, friendly; jovial, merry, jocund, jolly, mirthful, hilarious; riant, laughing, smiling, happy as a lark; joyful, joyous, jubilant, rejoicing, gleeful; exultant, in seventh heaven, elated, overjoyed, thrilled, exhilarated.
2. animated, alive, lively, Chiefly U.S. Inf chipper, jaunty, vivacious, sprightly, fresh; spirited, dynamic, energetic, vigorous, active, spry; frisky, playful, frolicsome, sportive, zestful; enthusiastic, enthused, eager, excited; Inf. full of pep, Inf. peppy, full of vim and vigor, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed; aglow, glowing, flushed, alight, lit up, bright, enlivened, shining, shiny; sparkling, ebullient, bubbling, bubbly, effervescent; happy, glad, blissful, beatific, pleased, delighted, Inf. tickled pink.
3. hearty, ungrudging, generous, whole-hearted, heartfelt, genuine, sincere, earnest.
cheerfulness, n. cheer, good spirits, blitheness, gaiety, joyfulness, joyousness. See - cheer (defs. 3, 4).
cheering, adj. happy, good, pleasant, reassuring, comforting, encouraging, heartening, enheartening; promising, bright, sunny, auspicious, propitious, favorable; inspiring, inspiriting, revitalizing, revivifying, restoring; refreshing, stimulating, quickening, stirring, exciting.
cheerless, adj. 1. gloomy, drab, dreary, dull, depressing, dismal; bleak, cold, comfortless, barren, grim, austere; desolate, lonely, deserted, empty, abandoned, uninviting; dark, somber, sunless, lightless, murky, dingy.
2. dejected, depressed, down, downcast, downhearted; disheartened, dispirited, discouraged, despondent, down in the mouth; sad, saddened, melancholy, sorrowful, plaintive, heavy-hearted; grievous, dolorous, doleful, mournful, rueful, lugubrious, funereal; morose, gloomy, saturnine, glum, joyless, sullen; unhappy, somber, solemn, grave, serious, tragic; miserable, wretched, woeful, woebegone, disconsolate, inconsolable; heartsick, heartsore, aching, grieving, mourning, lamenting, weeping, tearful, lachrymose; forlorn, hopeless, despairing, grief-stricken, afflicted, heartbroken, crushed.
cheery, adj. in good spirits, blithe, gay, cheerful, sunny. See - cheerful (defs. 1, 2).
chef, n. cook, food preparer; pastry chef, baker, confectioner; short-order cook, SI. hash-slinger; gourmet, gastronome.
cherish, v. 1. esteem, revere, venerate, idolize, idolatrize, adore; love, hold dear, fancy, dote on; hold, hold fast to, cling to, hang on to, cleave to, clasp.
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