English word

Cheery

Definitions

adjective

  1. marked by cheerfulness or good spirits
  2. causing or suggesting cheerfulness

Synonyms for cheery

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Synonyms by context

Characterized by happiness or optimism

adjective

  • sunny
  • merry
  • gay
  • joyful

Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment

adjective

Antonyms for cheery

  • gloomy
  • aloof
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • disheartening
  • cold
  • dark
  • depressing
  • dispiriting
  • black
  • dismal
  • dour
  • grouchy
  • dreary
  • grumpy
  • glum
  • gray
  • surly
  • grey
  • morose

Opposite of characterized by happiness or optimism

  • gloomy
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • dark
  • depressing
  • dismal
  • dour
  • dreary
  • glum
  • gray

Opposite of giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment

Opposite of having an easygoing and pleasing manner, especially in social situations

  • rude
  • impolite
  • nasty
  • disrespectful
  • impudent
  • unfriendly
  • crude
  • impertinent
  • insolent

Phrases

  • a hoot
  • alive and kicking
  • all right
  • always expecting the best
  • a scream
  • as happy as a clam
  • as happy as a sandboy
  • as happy as Larry
  • as it should be
  • as lively as a grig
  • as merry as a grig
  • as pleased as Punch
  • at ease
  • at home
  • at peace
  • at rest
  • beside oneself
  • beside oneself with happiness
  • beside oneself with joy
  • blissed out
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