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cheer‧ful
1 happy, or behaving in a way that shows you are happy : She's feeling more cheerful today. I'm making a real effort to be cheerful despite everything.
She's feeling more cheerful today.I'm making a real effort to be cheerful despite everything. cheerful voice/smile/manner etc 'I'm Robyn,' she said with a cheerful smile. It does me good to see a cheerful face.
'I'm Robyn,' she said with a cheerful smile.It does me good to see a cheerful face.2 something that is cheerful makes you feel happy because it is so bright or pleasant : a bright, cheerful Italian restaurant There was a cheerful picture on the wall. The house has a cheerful atmosphere.
a bright, cheerful Italian restaurantThere was a cheerful picture on the wall.The house has a cheerful atmosphere.3 tending to be happy most of the time : She was a cheerful and agreeable companion. Before the accident he had been cheerful and confident.
She was a cheerful and agreeable companion.Before the accident he had been cheerful and confident.4 [only before noun] a cheerful attitude shows that you are willing to do whatever is necessary in a happy way : a cheerful approach to the job
a cheerful approach to the job —cheerfully adverb: He smiled cheerfully. 'Morning!' she called cheerfully.
He smiled cheerfully.'Morning!' she called cheerfully. —cheerfulness noun [uncountable]
➔ cheap and cheerful
at cheap1 (1)WORD FOCUS: happyWORD FOCUS: happy cheerful behaving in a way that shows you are happy
in a good mood happy at a particular time, and therefore friendly to other people
pleased/glad happy because something good has happened
delighted/thrilled/overjoyed/ecstatic very happy because something good has happened
contented happy with your life
optimistic/positive believing that good things will happen in the future
gleeful/gloating smug happy because something bad has happened to someone else
➔ See also happy
