cheer
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noun \ˈchir\Definition of CHEER
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a obsolete : face b archaic : facial expression
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: state of mind or heart : spirit <be of good cheer — Matthew 9:2(Authorized Version)>
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: hospitable entertainment : welcome
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: food and drink for a feast : fare
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: something that gladdens <words of cheer>
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: a shout of applause or encouragement
See Examples of CHEER
- The audience let out a cheer.
- Loud cheers were coming from the bleachers.
- The star was greeted with cheers.
- Let's spread a little holiday cheer.
- The cheerleaders did a cheer for the home team.
Origin of CHEER
Middle English chere face, cheer, from Anglo-French, face, from Medieval Latin cara, probably from Greek kara head, face — more at cerebral
First Known Use: 13th century
Related to CHEER
Synonyms: mirth, cheerfulness, cheeriness, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocundity, joviality, merriment, merriness, mirthfulness
Related Words: 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: 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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