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cheerfulness

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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.

cheerful·ly adv.
cheerful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cheerfulness - the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
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"
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

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 [ˈtʃɪərfʊlnɪs] ngaieté f, bonne humeur f
cheerfulness
nFröhlichkeit 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] nallegria
cheerfulness [ˈtʃɪəfʊlnɪs] nallegria


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The father and mother were old and helpless now, and the number of those about them was diminished more than half; but content and cheerfulness sat on every face, and beamed in every eye, as they crowded round the fireside, and told and listened to old stories of earlier and bygone days.
My surprize is the greater because on Wednesday, the very day of his coming to Parklands, we had a most unexpected and unwelcome visit from Lady Susan, looking all cheerfulness and good-humour, and seeming more as if she were to marry him when she got to London than as if parted from him for ever.
There were not fewer smiles at the Parsonage than at the Park on this change in Edmund; Miss Crawford looked very lovely in hers, and entered with such an instantaneous renewal of cheerfulness into the whole affair as could have but one effect on him.
 
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