Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cheerfulness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cheerfulness \Cheer"ful*ness\, n.
Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cheerfulness
n 1: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers
added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" [syn: {cheer}]
[ant: {uncheerfulness}]
2: a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness
made everyone feel better" [syn: {blitheness}] [ant: {cheerlessness}]
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