- 3. Applaud, clap, salute with cheers.
Cheerful, a.
- 1. Glad, lively, sprightly, animated, joyful, joyous, happy, light-hearted, lightsome, blithe, mirthful, buoyant,
gleeful, gay, cheery, airy, sunny, jocund, jolly, in good spirits, of good cheer, in high feather.
- 2. Gladdening, cheery, cheering, enlivening, encouraging, glad, jocund, pleasant, grateful, hope-inspiring,
inspiriting, animating.
Cheerfully, ad.
- 1. Gladly, joyfully, etc.
- 2. Willingly, gladly, with pleasure, with alacrity, ungrudgingly.
Cheerfulness, n.
- 1. Cheer, good spirits, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, contentedness, joyfulness, joy, animation,
liveliness, lightsomeness, light-heartedness, blithesomeness, mirth, mirthfulness, sunshine, gleefulness,
buoyancy, buoyancy of spirits, flow of spirits.
- 2. Willingness, glad alacrity, ungrudging consent, pleased promptitude.
Cheerless, a. Dreary, gloomy, sombre, dark, melancholy, sad, dismal, joyless, spiritless, lugubrious, mournful, despondent, discouraged, low-spirited, doleful, woe-begone, rueful, disconsolate, forlorn, desolate.
Cheery, a.
- 1. Blithe, hearty, gay, lightsome, sprightly, lively, buoyant, sunny, joyous, merry.
- 2. Cheering, heartening, animating, enlivening, brightening.
Cheesy, a. Caseous, cheese-like, of the nature of cheese.
Chef-d’œuvre, n. [Fr.] Master-piece, master-work, master-stroke, paragon, capital performance.
Chemise, n. Shift, smock.
Cherish, v. a.
- 1. Nurture, foster, nourish, nurse, sustain, support, comfort, care for.
- 2. Hold dear, count precious, care greatly for, treasure, preserve anxiously, protect tenderly.
- 3. Harbor, entertain, indulge, encourage.