cheerfulness

cheer·ful  (chîrfl)

adj.

1. Being in good spirits; merry. See Synonyms at glad¹.

2. Promoting a feeling of cheer; pleasant: a cozy, cheerful room.

3. Reflecting willingness or good humor: contributed her cheerful labor to the project.

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cheerful·ly adv.

cheerful·ness n.

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Cheerfulness 

See Also: BRIGHTNESS, GAIETY, HAPPINESS, SMILES

1. All smiles … as if ready for a thousand little curtseys —Andre Malraux
2. (She was) as bubbly as a magnum of champagne —Harry Prince
3. [A movie] as heart-warming as an approaching headache —Vincent Canby, New York Times, March 21, 1986
4. [A young girl] blithe and airy as a wind-swept leaf —Sylvia Berkman
5. Blithe as a boy —Pamela Hansford Johnson
6. [A sunlit room] bright and bouncing as a newly bathed baby —John Braine
7. Bright as a chirping bird —Stephen Longstreet
8. Buoyant as a bride —Thomas McGuane
9. Cheerful as a grove in spring —William Wordsworth
10. Cheerful as the rising sun in May —William Wordsworth
11. (Smile … as) cheerful as the winter solstice —William Mcllvanney
12. A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather —Benjamin Franklin
13. Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possessions —Victor Hugo
14. Cheerfulness opens, like spring, all the blossoms of the inward man —Jean Paul Richter
15. Encouraging as a round of applause —Anon
16. (I am) gay as morning, light as snow —Dorothy Parker
17. Optimistic as a sweepstake ticket buyer —Anon
18. Optimistic as a company spokesperson —Anon
19. Positive as good news —G. K. Chesterton
20. Positive as the forecast in a Chinese fortune cookie —Elyse Sommer
21. Radiant like a work of art, full of strange rays —Iris Murdoch
22. (She’s always happy. She) shies away from misery like a petrified horse —Carolyn Slaughter
23. Sunny and open as a May morning —Willa Cather

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cheerfulness - the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" cheer, sunniness, sunshine attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness - a cheerful willingness to be obliging uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits
	2.	cheerfulness - a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better" blitheness happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being buoyancy, perkiness - cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness - the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you cheerlessness, uncheerfulness - a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness

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cheerfulness

noun happiness, good humour, exuberance, high spirits, buoyancy, gaiety, good cheer, gladness, geniality, light-heartedness, jauntiness, joyousness He was particularly remembered for his unfailing cheerfulness.

Translations

cheerfulness [ˈtʃɪəfʊlnɪs] N [of person, smile] → alegría f, jovialidad f; [of place] → alegría f, animación f

cheerfulness [ˈtʃɪə^rfʊlnɪs] n → gaieté f, bonne humeur f

cheerfulness

n → Fröhlichkeit f; (of person also) → gute Laune, Vergnügtheit f, → Frohsinn m (geh); (of place, colour etc) → Heiterkeit f; (of prospect, news) → Erfreulichkeit f; (of tune) → fröhlicher Charakter

cheerfulness [ˈtʃɪəfʊlnɪs] n → allegria