Antonyms for cheerful
ˈtʃɪər fəlcheer·ful

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. cheerfuladjective

   Antonyms:
   miserable, depressed, sad

   Synonyms:
   ebullient, optimistic, bright, happy, vivacious, bubbly, joyful

2. cheerfuladjective

   Noticeably happy and optimistic.

   Antonyms:
   depressed, sad, miserable

   Synonyms:
   bright, happy, optimistic, vivacious, ebullient, bubbly, joyful

3. cheerfuladjective

   Bright and pleasant

   Synonyms:
   bright, vivacious, happy, joyful, ebullient, bubbly, optimistic

   Antonyms:
   sad, miserable, depressed

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. cheerful

   A person is comfortable in mind when contented and measurably satisfied. A little additional brightness makes him cheerful. He is comfortable in body when free from pain, quiet, at ease, at rest. He is comfortable in circumstances, or in comfortable circumstances, when things about him are generally agreeable and satisfactory, usually with the suggestion of sufficient means to secure that result.

   Antonyms:
   cheerless, disagreeable, discontented, dissatisfied, distressed, dreary, forlorn, miserable, uncomfortable, wretched

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, at ease, at rest, cheery, comfortable, commodious, contented, convenient, genial, pleasant, satisfactory, satisfied, snug, well-off, well-provided, well-to-do

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. cheerful

   Antonyms:
   lifeless, dull, gloomy, unhappy, dejected, depressed, sullen, joyless, melancholy, depressing, dispiriting

   Synonyms:
   lively, gay, bright, happy, bonny, merry, joyful, pleasant, buoyant, sunny, enlivening, in good spirits, sprightly, blithe, joyous

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.2 / 6 votes

1. cheerfuladjective

   being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits

   "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

   Antonyms:
   dark, pessimistic, blue, sombre, grim, drab, dismal, gloomy, dreary, drear, depressing, somber, dingy, sorry, disconsolate, cheerless, uncheerful, melancholy

   Synonyms:
   upbeat, pollyannaish

2. cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeatadjective

   pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

   Antonyms:
   dark, sombre, dreary, dingy, disconsolate, blue, sorry, drear, dismal, somber, cheerless, uncheerful, melancholy, pessimistic, grim, drab, gloomy, depressing

   Synonyms:
   upbeat, pollyannaish

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. cheerfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   cheery, buoyant, sunny, vivacious, optimistic, sanguine, elated, jubilant, lightsome, airy, exhilarating, exhilarated, jocund, chipper

How to use cheerful in a sentence?

1. Jean de La Fontaine:

   To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living.

2. Raoul Felder:

   Stephanie Nicolai was cheerful any time I saw Stephanie Nicolai -- polite, dignified, the boy was beautiful. Stephanie Nicolai whole life revolved around that child. Stephanie Nicolai would bring him to the office. He was just a lovely little child. He used to love Spider-Man and the girls would fawn over him in the office and color with him.

3. G.K. Chesterton:

   Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.

4. Bo Knapp Both Bo:

   Nothing really happened on the trip, except I noticed she was perfect : cheerful, self reliant, capable, fearless.

5. Brad McMillan:

   I think there's a recognition that maybe the world isn't ending after all. It makes sense to have a more cheerful outlook.

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