1
a
: full of good spirits : merry
a cheerful host
b
: ungrudging
cheerful obedience
2
: conducive to cheer : likely to dispel gloom or worry
sunny cheerful room
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Examples of cheerful in a Sentence
She has a cheerful outlook on life.
He seems a little more cheerful today.
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The cheerful farm girl Roberta actually gets killed for her amiability in Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.
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Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 29 May 2024
Still, cheerful patches of color dotted the valley floor, including yellow desert sunflower and purple verbena.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2024
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Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 29 May 2024
Still, cheerful patches of color dotted the valley floor, including yellow desert sunflower and purple verbena.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cheerful
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“Cheerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheerful. Accessed 4 Jun. 2024.
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cheerful
adjective
cheer·ful
ˈchi(ə)r-fəl 
1
a
: full of good spirits
a cheerful outlook
b
: willing sense 3
cheerful obedience
2
: pleasantly bright
a sunny cheerful room
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