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Recent Examples of cheerful The result is a compact yet cheerful space that showcases a bold accent wall. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2025 The scene starts out cheerful enough, with Tiny Chef diligently cleaning with a tiny, blue floof duster. Debbie Day, EW.com, 26 June 2025 The game starts off suitably cheerful, but gets more involved and bleaker later on. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 More Getty Images Just hours earlier, Korda had posted a cheerful story showing four oversized suitcases and her golf travel bag lined up at the airport. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cheerful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheerful
Adjective
  • Derek is a bright and curious kid who dreams of becoming a scientist one day.
    The Star, Kansas City Star, 20 July 2025
  • There are also some bright and cheerful-looking design elements such as colorful military campaign ribbons on the flags.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • Choose from more than a dozen colors, ranging from classic neutrals to cheery pops of color.
    Danielle Calma, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
  • This bright and cheery cake is a happy hello to your new neighbors.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • President Donald Trump, who calls FIFA President Gianni Infantino a friend, is optimistic about the global turnout for next year’s World Cup, even as his ongoing trade policies continue to impact a range of countries, several of which are expected to compete in the tournament.
    India Brown, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
  • Looking forward, Brocks is optimistic about how treatment options might improve for people with dry eye disease.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Warm, sunny weather optimizes the conditions for this sort of reaction, meaning unhealthy ozone levels are often seen in the summer.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
  • Gerard Butler is a Scot whose second film credit was the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, and Austin Butler is an American from sunny California who got his start as a teen on a handful of Disney and Nickelodeon shows in the mid-2000s.
    Katie Labovitz, People.com, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • In other words, this wasn’t a unilateral Trump move nor a matter of whim, but a coordinated transatlantic effort that follows the upbeat NATO summit in June that Rutte skilfully guided.
    Daniel Fried, Time, 15 July 2025
  • He’s kept a very upbeat attitude, as has James Wiseman.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Over eons, this deeply buried and buoyant salt layer squeezed upward in other places throughout the region, warping the surface into dramatic landforms like stone arches and spires.
    Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
  • But the buoyant mood was shattered as screams of fear and pain rang out when a minivan plowed into the revelers.
    Chloe Mayer Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025

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“Cheerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheerful. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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