cheerful

  • (a) being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
    • her cheerful nature
    • a cheerful greeting
    • a cheerful room
    • as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be
  • (s) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic pollyannaish, upbeat,

Synonyms

pollyannaish upbeat

Antonyms

cheerless depressing uncheerful

See also

glad happy

Words of close approximity

cheerfully cheerfulness