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cheer
Synonyms and Antonyms of cheer
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a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter
cheerfulness, cheeriness, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocundity, joviality, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness
jollification, jollity, reveling (or revelling), revelry
brightness, buoyancy, good-humoredness, good-naturedness, humor, sunniness
gamesomeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, playfulness, sportiveness
buffoonery, clownishness, flippancy, funning, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, joking, joshing
animation, giddiness, jauntiness, liveliness, perkiness, vivacity
joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, rejoicing
frolicking, gamboling (or gambolling), rollicking, romping
blues, dejection, depression, despondence, forlornness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness
bile, gloom, melancholy, sourness, spleen
earnestness, graveness, gravity, grimness, seriousness, soberness, sobersidedness, solemnity, solemnness
discontent, disgruntlement, moodiness
dolefulness, dolorousness, joylessness, mournfulness, plaintiveness, woe, woefulness
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a feeling of ease from grief or trouble
3
a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion
angle, attitude, mind-set, outlook, perspective, slant, standpoint, viewpoint
emotion, feeling, heart, passion, sentiment
belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), mind, opinion
character, disposition, identity, individuality, makeup, mettle, personality, selfhood, self-identity, temper, temperament
frame of mind
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enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval
cheer
Synonyms and Antonyms of cheer
1
to declare enthusiastic approval of
doff one's hat to (or doff one's cap to)
2
to ease the grief or distress of
commiserate, condole, empathize, sympathize
boost, buoy (up), elevate, lift, uplift
allay, alleviate, assuage, relieve
calm, quiet, relax, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
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