1
a
: full of good spirits : merry
a cheerful host
b
: ungrudging
cheerful obedience
2
: conducive to cheer : likely to dispel gloom or worry
sunny cheerful room
Examples of cheerful in a Sentence
She has a cheerful outlook on life.
He seems a little more cheerful today.
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
Sparkling with Champagne-like bubbles, a bready, light body and a clean, faintly bitter finish, this cheerful beer is ideal for a sunny summer afternoon.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Qian Xiao, a cheerful girl from a fishing village, obtains a mysterious pendant, the Time Dial, which gives her the power to control time.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 June 2025
In the nineteenth century, Newton writes, numerous American writers depicted French Canadians as cheerful, simple people steeped in a backward Catholic worldview and deeply in touch with the land.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2025
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“Cheerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheerful. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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cheerful
adjective
cheer·ful
ˈchi(ə)r-fəl 
1
a
: full of good spirits
a cheerful outlook
b
: willing sense 3
cheerful obedience
2
: pleasantly bright
a sunny cheerful room
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