[syn: cheerfulness, blitheness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cheerfulness \Cheer"ful*ness\, n.
Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cheerfulness
n 1: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom;
"flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
[syn: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine]
[ant: uncheerfulness]
2: a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made
everyone feel better" [syn: cheerfulness, blitheness]
[ant: cheerlessness, uncheerfulness]