cheery
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Synonyms
blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty [British dialect], cheerful, chipper, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, upbeat, winsome
Antonyms
dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen
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This Coup De Ville pair comes in sunny yellow, sky blue and baby pink—cheery updates on the traditional metal styles. — Amanda Greene, Woman's Day, "Sunglasses for Every Face Shape," 9 July 2010 And so the Apple Card charges into the financial world in which cheery, millennial-baiting websites and apps try to displace the gloomy, buttoned-up mortgage lenders and bankers of old with smile and that Silicon Valley sheen. — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, "Apple Is a Credit Card Company Now," 25 Mar. 2019 Advertising Literary events tend to be cheery but tame, intimate affairs. — Tyrone Beason, The Seattle Times, "‘Who are you becoming?’ Why America needs Michelle Obama’s message now," 25 Mar. 2019 Chore Pad, an app designed for children, lays out their list of responsibilities in a cheery, colorful pallet with plenty of check marks, stars and digital rewards. — Ronda Kaysen, The Seattle Times, "Is it time to drain the water heater? There’s an app for that," 11 Feb. 2019 There’s something very cheery about it, in the same way there was about reggae. — Kenneth Partridge, Billboard, "The English Beat Talk First New Album In 36 Years & Feeling Like 'Ska-stradamus'," 23 May 2018 On this go-around, he's added some '90s flair with a little help from boy band Hansen for a cheery multi-generational collab. — Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Best New Christmas Songs of 2018," 12 Nov. 2018 On-demand hot water and a marine toilet give you the comforts of home, and LED lights keep things cheery. — Megan Barber, Curbed, "Sleek camper van sleeps two with space for bikes," 26 Sep. 2018 Despite all these not-so-cheery figures, there is a silver lining for investors. — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "Asian Satellites Buck China’s Downward Drift," 5 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cheery.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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