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cheerfulness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of cheerfulness

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

his constant cheerfulness makes him a pleasure to be around

Synonyms for cheerfulness

cheer,
cheeriness,
festivity,
gaiety
(also gayety),
gayness,
glee,
gleefulness,
hilarity,
jocundity,
joviality,
merriment,
merriness,
mirth,
mirthfulness

Words Related to cheerfulness

frivolity,
levity

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

Near Antonyms for cheerfulness

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

blackness,
darkness,
gloominess,
glumness

desolateness,
desolation

heartbreak,
miserableness,
misery,
mourning,
wretchedness

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Thesaurus Entries Near cheerfulness

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“Cheerfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheerfulness. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.

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