- 1happy, and showing it by the way that you behave You're not your usual cheerful self today. He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy. You're in a cheerful mood. a cheerful, hardworking employee a cheerful smile/voice
- 2giving you a feeling of happiness a bright, cheerful restaurant walls painted in cheerful (= light and bright) colors a chatty, cheerful letter
cheerful
adjective/ˈtʃɪrfl/
cheerfully
/ˈtʃɪrfəli/
adverb cheerfulness
noun [uncountable]See cheerful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary