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| 1. | [ noun ] a cry or shout of approval | |
| Related terms: | approval salvo bravo hooray banzai | |
| 2. | [ verb ] show approval or good wishes by shouting | |
| Examples: | "everybody cheered the birthday boy" |
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| Related terms: | applaud lighten | |
| 3. | [ verb ] give encouragement to | |
| Synonyms: | embolden recreate hearten | |
| Related terms: | dishearten encourage take_heart | |
| 4. | [ verb ] become cheerful | |
| Synonyms: | chirk_up cheer_up | |
| Related terms: | complain rejoice exult lighten lighten cheerfulness | |
| 5. | [ verb ] urge on or encourage esp. by shouts | |
| Synonyms: | pep_up inspire urge exhort urge_on barrack | |
| Examples: | "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" |
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| Related terms: | encourage cheerlead cheering exhortation cheerer | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful | |
| Synonyms: | jolly_along jolly_up cheer_up | |
| Examples: | "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee" |
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| Related terms: | amuse cheerfulness | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | |
| Synonyms: | cheerfulness | |
| Examples: | "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" |
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| Related terms: | uncheerfulness attribute good-temperedness disposition cheerful cheerless | |
| Similar spelling: |
cheery Cher cheerio Chery Cheri Chere Cherie chewer cherry Cherri Cheree Chiwere Cherrie char Chara chari chary churr choir chore chirr chair chorea |
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