Cheer
[tʃɪə] or [tʃɪr]
Definition
(noun.) a cry or shout of approval.
(verb.) show approval or good wishes by shouting; 'everybody cheered the birthday boy'.
(verb.) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; 'The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers'.
(verb.) become cheerful.
(verb.) cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; 'She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee'.
(verb.) give encouragement to.
Typed by Gladys--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The face; the countenance or its expression.
(n.) Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.
(n.) Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.
(n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.
(n.) A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
(v. t.) To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up.
(v. t.) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
(v. t.) To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
(v. i.) To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.
(v. i.) To be in any state or temper of mind.
(v. i.) To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Mirth, gayety, joy, gladness, CHEERFULNESS.[2]. Entertainment, provisions, food, repast, viands, victuals.[3]. Acclamation, shout of applause.
v. a. [1]. Gladden, exhilarate, inspirit, enliven, animate, incite, encourage.[2]. Comfort, console, solace, make cheerful.[3]. Applaud, clap, salute with cheers.
Editor: Wilma
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENCOURAGE]
SYN:Hope, happiness, comfort, hospitality, plenty, conviviality
ANT:Dejection, sullenness, gloom, starvation, niggardliness, dearth,inhospitableness, churlishness, unsociableness
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Examples
- But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering with another entreaty to Mrs. Gummidge to cheer up. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Old Uncle Peter sung both de legs out of dat oldest cheer, last week, suggested Mose. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Cheer up, and tell us about it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It would seem that the manuscript is here imperfect, for we do not find the reasons which finally induce the curtal Friar to amend the King's cheer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I hope you'll cheer up. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I must have a very short cry, godmother, before I cheer up for good,' said the little creature, coming in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I asked him why he talked so; and he said he would talk so no more, and cheered me again with the kindest encouragement. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The wide square of Forli, the arcade around it, its light and pleasant aspect cheered me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Even the horses were cheered, and moved on with renovated strength. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They were cheered by the joy of the servants on their arrival, and each for the sake of the others resolved to appear happy. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But Sir Walter Scott--I suppose Mr. Lydgate knows him, said young Plymdale, a little cheered by this advantage. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She is innocent, my Elizabeth, said I, and that shall be proved; fear nothing, but let your spirits be cheered by the assurance of her acquittal. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- On hearing this, a quiet courage cheered me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then, amid cheers of encouragement from the immense throng that was watching, he turned sharply past the starting-tower and flew between the flags that marked the starting-line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was a temperance song (whirlwinds of cheers). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We were all stunned with the loud cheers, three times three repeated, which followed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What we's to do for cheers, now, _I_ declar I don't know, said Aunt Chloe. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Women and children shrieked, and men encouraged each other with noisy shouts and cheers. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And consequently three cheers for the United Aggregate Tribunal! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The cheering was so lusty that the enemy must have taken it for a night attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Some of my men were engaged in firing from captured guns at empty steamers down the river, out of range, cheering at every shot. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You think he needs cheering up a bit, do you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am sensible of no light kindling--no life quickening--no voice counselling or cheering. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Of her soon cheering up again, and our signing the register all round. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For the first time in my life I found my attention wandering over those pious and cheering words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Natasha