English > cheerfulness: 2 senses > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom. |
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| Example | "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" |
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| Synonyms | cheer, sunniness, sunshine |
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| Attributes | cheerful | Full of or promoting cheer |
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| depressing, cheerless, uncheerful | Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
| Part of | disposition, temperament | Your usual / usual mood |
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| Narrower | good-temperedness, good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness | A cheerful willingness to be obliging |
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| Broader | attribute | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity |
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| Opposite | uncheerfulness | not conducive to cheer or good spirits |
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| Catalan | alegria, vida |
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| Spanish | alegría, vida |
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| Adjectives | cheerful | being full of or promoting cheer |
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