cheerful

Universal Words adjective 1 happy, 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, hard-working employee * a cheerful smile / voice 2 giving you a feeling of happiness: a bright, cheerful restaurant * walls painted in cheerful (= light and bright) colours * a chatty, cheerful letter cheerfully adverb: to laugh / nod / whistle cheerfully * I could cheerfully have killed him when he said that (= I would have liked to). * She cheerfully admitted that she had no experience at all (= she wasn't afraid to do so). cheerfulness noun [U]