- the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
- a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"
- (cheerful) 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"
- (cheerful) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
- Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
- (Cheerful) Cheering is the uttering or making of sounds encouraging, stimulating or exciting to action, indicating approval or acclaiming or welcoming persons, announcements of events and the like.
- (Cheerful) A sign that is shown by fans between matches in a tournament to hype or show appreciation for a team or player in a witty way. (Example cheerfuls from MLG Anaheim)
- "Relaxing with oneself and picking up on the possibilities of basic goodness." "...you can pick up on the possibilities of Basic Goodness and cheer yourself up." (see "Speech") (pg 80)
- The quality or state of being cheerful; marked by cheer or by spontaneous good spirits arising from a carefree sanguine attitude and a hearty bright lively disposition; likely to brighten, encourage and dispel gloom or worry. ...