Noun
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the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
"flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
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a cry or shout of approval
Verb
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spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
- root on - urge on - pep up -
become cheerful
- cheer up - chirk up -
cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
"She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
- cheer up - jolly along - jolly up -
show approval or good wishes by shouting
"everybody cheered the birthday boy"
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give encouragement to