noun
1. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom (Freq. 1)
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flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room
• Ant: ↑uncheerfulness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sunny (for: ↑sunniness), ↑cheery (for: ↑cheer), ↑cheer (for: ↑cheer), ↑cheerful
• Hypernyms: ↑attribute
• Hyponyms: ↑good-temperedness, ↑good-humoredness, ↑good-humouredness, ↑good-naturedness
• Part Holonyms: ↑disposition, ↑temperament
• Attrubites: ↑cheerful, ↑depressing, ↑cheerless, ↑uncheerful
2. a feeling of spontaneous good spirits
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his cheerfulness made everyone feel better
• Syn: ↑blitheness
• Ant: ↑cheerlessness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cheerful (for: ↑blitheness), ↑cheerful
• Hypernyms: ↑happiness
• Hyponyms: ↑buoyancy, ↑perkiness, ↑carefreeness, ↑insouciance, ↑lightheartedness, ↑lightsomeness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.