cheerful

«cheerful» in Mova's school dictionary: happy and in a good mood, and shows it with smiles and a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (cheerful, more cheerful, most cheerful)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cheerful person is happy and in a good mood, and shows it with smiles and a friendly manner. tree →

2) A cheerful place, colour or song is bright and pleasant and makes you feel happy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons cheerful is a happy word; in writing lessons, it describes characters and settings («cheerful yellow curtains»). In everyday life, a cheerful helper or greeting makes others feel good. Phrases: «a cheerful smile», «cheerful colours», «bright and cheerful».

examples

• She gave me a cheerful smile. tree →
• The classroom was bright and cheerful. tree →
• He is always cheerful in the morning. tree →
• We sang a cheerful song on the bus. tree →
• The cheerful postman waved to everyone. tree →
• Yellow and orange are cheerful colours. tree →
• Even when it rained, Grandma stayed cheerful. tree →
• A cheerful «hello» can make someone's day. tree →
• He was so brave and cheerful. tree →

note

One l at the end: cheerful (not «cheerfull»). Adverb: cheerfully; noun: cheerfulness. Opposite: gloomy, miserable, sad. Similar: happy, jolly, merry.

In the corpora

• The car's owners are «hungry, talkative, and gay» (gay = cheerful, in the old meaning).
• "Celebration of life" means a funeral or memorial service with a cheerful mood.
• The word "colourful" makes the swearing sound almost cheerful.
• hayDA! means let's go! or off we go!, with a cheerful old Ukrainian feel.
• A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cheerful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.