cheer up

verb

cheered up; cheering up; cheers up

1

: to make (someone) happier

We tried our best to cheer the children up.

2

: to become happier

They cheered up at the mention of her name.

Cheer up—things will get better!

3

: to make (something) more cheerful or pleasant

Bright colors really cheer up a room.

Examples of cheer up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bill Hader voices the titular character in the cartooned version, which revolves around the shenanigans that occur after a mischievous cat (donning a hat) arrives to cheer up two siblings who move to a new town. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

The plot is somewhat faithful to the book, with the Cat tasked with cheering up a pair of siblings, Gabby (Xochitl Gomez) and Sebastian (Tiago Martinez), left alone at home on a rainy day. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

His latest assignment is to cheer up young siblings Gabby (Xochitl Gomez, The Baby-Sitters Club) and Sebastian (Tiago Martinez), whose single mother (an underused America Ferrera) has just moved the family to a new town, much to their dismay. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026

His mission this time is to cheer up Gabby and Sebastian, who have just moved into a new apartment with their mom, Carmen (America Ferrera), who is a nurse and gone much of the time at the hospital. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for cheer up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup