Antonyms for cheerfulnesscheer·ful·ness

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1. • Happiness

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1. cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshinenoun

   the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

   "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"

   Antonyms:
   cheerlessness, uncheerfulness

   Synonyms:
   sun, sunshine, blitheness, sunniness, cheer, fair weather, sunlight, temperateness

2. cheerfulness, blithenessnoun

   a feeling of spontaneous good spirits

   "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"

   Antonyms:
   cheerlessness, uncheerfulness

   Synonyms:
   sunniness, blitheness, sunshine, cheer

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1. cheerfulnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   cheeriness, buoyancy, elation, exhilaration, alacrity, jocundity, light-heartedness, optimism

How to use cheerfulness in a sentence?

1. William Feather:

   Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

3. Joseph Addison:

   Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

4. Edwin Percy Whipple:

   Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

5. Tieck:

   Whoever brings cheerfulness to his work, and is ever active, dashes through the world?s labours.

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