Cheerfulness
['tʃɪrfəlnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; 'flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room'.
(noun.) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; 'his cheerfulness made everyone feel better'.
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Definition
(n.) Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Liveliness, animation, joyfulness, joy, gladness, mirthfulness, cheer, buoyancy of spirits, flow of spirits, good spirits.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CELESTIAL]
Editor: Vanessa
Examples
- His cheerfulness will counteract this. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- As he replied in the affirmative, with perfect confidence and cheerfulness, we did not resume the subject until the day was wearing away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There was no lack of cheerfulness on board the Quaker City. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- All the cheerfulness and gentle gaiety natural to her revived. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was a phase of cheerfulness which was, as a matter of course, to be passed through every Christmas; and there was no more to be said. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A quiet firmness, and even cheerfulness, took possession of him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Pickwick expressed his heartfelt delight at every additional suggestion; and his eyes beamed with hilarity and cheerfulness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A certain festive cheerfulness prevails. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sam bowed his acknowledgments and turned, with unimpaired cheerfulness of countenance, towards Serjeant Buzfuz. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Fanny felt that there must be a struggle in Edmund's cheerfulness, but it was delightful to see the effort so successfully made. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- To youth and natural cheerfulness like Emma's, though under temporary gloom at night, the return of day will hardly fail to bring return of spirits. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yet, human fellowship infused some nourishment into the flinty viands, and struck some sparks of cheerfulness out of them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- We spoke, with some approach to cheerfulness, of Mr. Peggotty's growing rich in a new country, and of the wonders he would describe in his letters. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He only seemed to contrast his present cheerfulness and felicity with the dire endurance that was over. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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