Cheerfulness

Noun CEFR C1

ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəlnəs

Definitions

The state of being cheerful; joy.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

DeutschFreudigkeit Frohsinn HeiterkeitLustigkeit

Русскийжизнера́достность

日本語快活明朗陽気

21 more languages

العربيةالإبتهاج انفراج بيعفرحة هزة

Bosanskiradost vedrina veseliveselost ведрина веселост

Češtinaradost štěstí veselíveselost

Ελληνικάαλεγράδα ευθυμία

Suomihyväntuulisuus ilomielisyys

Gaeilgespéiriúlacht

Gàidhliggean sunnd sùrd

עבריתעליצות

हिन्दीख़ुशदिली प्रफुल्लता

Hrvatskiradost vedrina veseliveselost ведрина веселост

ქართულისიხალისე

Latinadiffusio hilaritas

Latviešujautrība nebēdība nebēdīgums

Македонскивеселост

Nederlandsvrolijkheid

Românăveselie

Српскиradost vedrina veseliveselost ведрина веселост

Svenskagladlynthet glättighet munterhetskrattlust skrattlystnad

Kiswahiliukunjufu

Türkçeşenlik

Українськабадьорість

Examples

“Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giueth, let ⟳ him doe it with simplicitie: hee that ruleth, with diligence: hee that sheweth mercy, with cheerefulnesse.”

“The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns - a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms - days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

Cheerier Cheeriest Cheerily Cheeriness Cheering Cheerio

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