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cheerful

Divide cheerful into syllables:

cheer · ful

How to pronounce cheerful:

Synonyms for cheerful:

animated
beamish
blithe
blithesome
bright
bucked
buoyant
canty
careless
cheer
cheerfulness
cheery
chipper
chirpy
contented
debonair
debonaire
delighted
enthusiastic
gay
genial
glad
gladsome
grinning
happy
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Antonyms for cheerful:

abhorrent
abject
abrupt
abusive
acrimonious
adversarial
adversary
afflicted
aggravating
aggressive
aggrieved
agonised
agonising
agonized
agonizing
all torn up
aloof
angry
anguished
annoyed
annoying
antagonistic
antipathetic
antisocial
anxious
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