Antonyms for sunny
ˈsʌn isun·ny

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1. sunnyadjective

   Synonyms:
   sunlit, bright, cheerful, sunshiny

2. sunnyadjective

   Of weather or a day, featuring a lot of sunshine.

   Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.

   Synonyms:
   bright, cheerful, sunshiny, sunlit

3. sunnyadjective

   Of a place, receiving a lot of sunshine.

   I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.

   Synonyms:
   cheerful, bright, sunshiny, sunlit

4. sunnyadjective

   Of a person or their mood, cheerful.

   a sunny disposition

   Synonyms:
   bright, sunshiny, sunlit, cheerful

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1. sunny

   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.

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

   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.

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1. cheery, gay, sunnyadjective

   bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

   "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"

   Antonyms:
   uncheerful, depressing, cheerless

   Synonyms:
   jolly, mirthful, gay, jocund, festal, cheery, jovial, brave, merry, braw, festive, homophile(a)

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1. sunnyadjective

   Synonyms:
   genial, pleasant, cloudless, radiant

How to use sunny in a sentence?

1. Jason Straka:

   Clubs never used to have to close after two-inch rain, now they do. They also experience sunny day flooding.

2. German Heinzenknecht:

   Starting today or tomorrow a window of sunny weather will make soils firm enough to allow harvest machines to enter fields that had been too wet, tomorrow (Friday) they will be harvesting in some of the areas that have been most complicated. The open window for harvesting should last until about April 3. After that we expect more rains, but not of the high intensity that caused the flooding in February and early March.

3. Caleb Williams:

   It's a great day to be out here in sunny Southern California, it's just a little weird, because you have new colors, new logos and all those things. But it's been really, really fun.

4. Mark Twain:

   Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

5. Megan Huylo:

   There’s also ginger in Sunny Morning Juice, which is a really powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, ginger is also really great for digestion.

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