Antonyms for cheeringcheer·ing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. cheering

   Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

   And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

   Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

   In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

   Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

   Job v, 17.

   Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

   Compare synonyms for GRIEF.

   Synonyms:
   blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, smiling, sprightly, successful, sunny

   Preposition:
   A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. cheering, shoutingadjective

   encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

   "it's all over but the shouting"

   Antonyms:
   unsatisfactory

   Synonyms:
   yelling, shouting

2. comforting, cheering, satisfyingadjective

   providing freedom from worry

   Antonyms:
   unsatisfactory

   Synonyms:
   comforting, consoling, hearty, square, solid, consolatory, satisfying, substantial

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1. cheeringnoun

   Synonyms:
   applause, plaudit, ovation

How to use cheering in a sentence?

1. Susie Lee:

   We're cheering good men on in as many ways as we can.

2. Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku:

   All of the wrestlers will hear fans cheering in their hearts and do their best to meet expectations, i hope the power of sumo will bring courage and emotionally move people not only in Japan but across the world.

3. Milos Raonic:

   This was a difficult, personal choice and I do not wish for it to impact the decision of any other athlete heading to the Games, i am very proud to have competed for Tennis Canada at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, and on the world stage at several Davis Cup events. I look forward to cheering on Tennis Canada this summer.

4. Nicole Neily:

   There is no place in our political debate for the kind of rhetoric we just saw in Fairfax, and there should be no place for political officials cheering on that rhetoric. Our public schools exist for the benefit of our kids and our communities, and despite the behavior of certain people to the contrary, our schools are not owned by special interests or a tiny political fringe.

5. Mary Elizabeth:

   Rob and Kaitlin were there [at the Super Bowl] and it was so exciting and it felt like a real moment of the city coming together, you know when you have those feelings of being around people where everyone’s cheering for the same things and it’s such a beautiful, moving human experience so I think that’s what they wanted to make happen.

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