cheerful
(adjective) 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, pollyannaish, upbeat
(adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cheerful (comparative more cheerful, superlative most cheerful)
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
Synonyms: bright, bubbly, cheerly, ebullient, happy, joyful, merry, optimistic, vivacious, Thesaurus:happy
Antonyms: depressed, miserable, sad
Bright and pleasant.
Source: Wiktionary
Cheer"ful, a.
Definition: Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing. To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak. The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.
Syn.
– Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful; blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous; vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
