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Meaning of CHEER

Pronunciation:  cheer

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
  2. [n]  a cry or shout of approval
  3. [v]  show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
  4. [v]  urge on or encourage esp. by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
  5. [v]  become cheerful
  6. [v]  make cheerful
  7. [v]  give encouragement to
 
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 Synonyms: barrack, cheer up, cheerfulness, chirk up, embolden, exhort, hearten, inspire, jolly along, jolly up, pep up, recreate, urge, urge on
 
 Antonyms: complain, dishearten, kick, kvetch, plain, put off, quetch, sound off, uncheerfulness
 
 See Also: amuse, applaud, approval, attribute, banzai, bravo, buck up, buoy up, cheer, cheerlead, commendation, disposition, encourage, encourage, exult, good humouredness, good naturedness, good-humoredness, good-temperedness, hooray, hurrah, joy, jubilate, lighten, rejoice, salvo, take heart, temperament, triumph

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cheer\ (ch[=e]r), n. [OE. chere face, welcome, cheer, OF.
chiere, F. ch[`e]re, fr. LL. cara face, Gr. ? head; akin to
Skr. [,c]iras, L. cerebrum brain, G. hirn, and E. cranium.]
1. The face; the countenance or its expression. [Obs.]
   ``Sweat of thy cheer.'' --Wyclif.
2. Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.
         Be of good cheer.                     --Matt. ix. 2.
         The parents . . . fled away with heavy cheer.
                                               --Holland.
3. Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.
         I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of
         mind, that I was wont to have.        --Shak.
1. That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness;
   provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a
   table loaded with good cheer.
5. A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy
   enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
         Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street.
                                               --Tennyson.
{Whzt cheer}? Now do you fare? What is there that is
   cheering?

  2. \Cheer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{cheering}.]
1. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; --
   often with up. --Cowpe.
2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to
   inspirit; to solace or comfort.
         The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered.
                                               --Dryden.
3. To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers;
   as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
{To cheer ship}, to salute a passing ship by cheers of
   sailors stationed in the rigging.
Syn: To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console;
     enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.

  3. \Cheer\, v. i.
1. To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually
   with up.
         At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. --A.
                                               Philips.
2. To be in any state or temper of mind. [Obs.]
         How cheer'st thou, Jessica?           --Shak.
3. To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.
         And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear
         to cheer.                             --Macaulay.
 
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