'Cheerfulness' definitions:
Definition of 'cheerfulness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" [syn: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine] [ant: uncheerfulness]
noun
A feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better" [syn: cheerfulness, blitheness] [ant: cheerlessness, uncheerfulness]
Definition of 'Cheerfulness'
From: GCIDE
- Cheerfulness \Cheer"ful*ness\, n. Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cheerfulness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- auspiciousness,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- beneficence,
- benevolence,
- benignancy,
- benignity,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- bright outlook,
- bright side,
- brightness,
- cheer,
- cheeriness,
- cloud nine,
- delectation,
- delight,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elation,
- enchantment,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- exuberance,
- fair weather,
- favorableness,
- felicity,
- fortunateness,
- gaiety,
- gladness,
- glee,
- good auspices,
- good omen,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- high spirits,
- intoxication,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- Leibnizian optimism,
- luckiness,
- millennialism,
- optimism,
- optimisticalness,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- perfectibilism,
- perfectionism,
- philosophical optimism,
- Pollyannaism,
- propitiousness,
- prosperousness,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- rosy outlook,
- seventh heaven,
- silver lining,
- sunniness,
- sunny side,
- sunshine,
- transport,
- unalloyed happiness,
- utopianism