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cheerfulness

Syllables: cheer·ful·ness/ˈt͡ʃɪəfəlnəs/US/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəlnəs/

cheerfulness noun: the state of being cheerful; joy.

Noun

cheerfulness (usually uncountable, plural cheerfulnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being cheerful; joy.
    • Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giueth, let him doe it with simplicitie: hee that ruleth, with diligence: hee that sheweth mercy, with cheerefulnesse.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:8
    • The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns - a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms - days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 16

cheerfulness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

cheerfulness in Hindi

the state of being cheerful; joy
प्रफुल्लता praphullatā, खुशमिज़ाजी khuśmizājī

cheerfulness in Tamil

மகிழ்ச்சி, உற்சாகம், முகமலர்ச்சி

cheerfulness in Urdu

بشاشت, فرح, فرحت, خندہ پیشانی, مسرت, نشاط

cheerfulness in Telugu

cheerfulness, liveliness
హుషారు huṣāru
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cheerfulness in Sanskrit
विकास vikāsa

Synonyms of cheerfulness

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All synonyms of cheerfulness

Forms of cheerfulness

pluralcheerfulnesses
alternative form (obsolete)chearfulness

Origin of cheerfulness

From Middle English cherefulnes; equivalent to cheerful + -ness.

Questions about cheerfulness

What does cheerfulness mean?
Cheerfulness means the state of being cheerful; joy.
What is cheerfulness in Hindi?
Cheerfulness in Hindi is प्रफुल्लता (praphullatā), खुशमिज़ाजी (khuśmizājī). See Cheerfulness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cheerfulness?
Cheerfulness is a noun.
How do you pronounce cheerfulness?
Cheerfulness is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəlnəs/ (US).
What is the plural of cheerfulness?
The plural of cheerfulness is cheerfulnesses.

Words near cheerfulness in the dictionary

  1. cheerfull
  2. cheerfuller
  3. cheerfullest
  4. cheerfullier
  5. cheerfully
  6. cheerfulness
  7. cheerfulnesses
  8. cheerfulsome
  9. cheerie-bye
  10. cheerier
  11. cheeriest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cheerfulness (page history and authors); cheerfulness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cheerfulness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); హుషారు (Telugu) (page history and authors); विकास (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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