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cheeriness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of cheeriness

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

a moment of cheeriness interrupted the solemn discussion

Synonyms for cheeriness

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

Words Related to cheeriness

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 cheeriness

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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