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Meaning 1
An encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Cheer up! Things could be worse.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
cheer up
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To become happier or less downcast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- I cheered up after seeing the results.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blithen, liven up, perk up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make someone happier or less downcast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheer, perk up, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, fetch, cheer up, cherish, content, delight, elate, elevate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart
Antonyms: depress
verb
Meaning 4
become cheerful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheer, chirk up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rejoice, joy
Narrower terms: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate, lighten, lighten up, buoy up
verb
Meaning 5
cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheer, jolly along, jolly up
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: amuse
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 開心點 /开心点 — an encouragement
- Czech: hlavu vzhůru! — an encouragement
- Dutch: kop op — an encouragement
- Finnish: piristy! — an encouragement
- French: courage — an encouragement
- German: Kopf hoch! — an encouragement
- Greek: κουράγιο! (kourágio!) — an encouragement
- Hungarian: fel a fejjel — an encouragement
- Hungarian: ne búsulj/szomorkodj — an encouragement
- Hungarian: sebaj — an encouragement
- Italian: coraggio! — an encouragement
- Italian: forza! — an encouragement
- Japanese: 元気出して! (genki dashite!) — an encouragement
- Korean: 힘내라! (himnaera!) — an encouragement
- Korean: 기운내라! (giunnaera!) — an encouragement
- Latin: relaxō — an encouragement
- Norwegian: opp med hodet — an encouragement
- Nuosu: ꊋꇤ (we ga) — an encouragement
- Polish: głowa do góry — an encouragement
- Polish: uszy do góry — an encouragement
- Polish: śmiało — an encouragement
- Polish: odwagi — an encouragement
- Portuguese: anime-se — an encouragement
- Romanian: haiǃ — an encouragement
- Romanian: curajǃ — an encouragement
- Romanian: nu te daǃ — an encouragement
- Romanian: capul susǃ — an encouragement
- Russian: вы́ше го́лову! (výše gólovu!) — an encouragement
- Russian: не па́дайте ду́хом! (ne pádajte dúxom!) — an encouragement
- Russian: не па́дай ду́хом! (ne pádaj dúxom!) — an encouragement
- Russian: не уныва́йте! (ne unyvájte!) — an encouragement
- Russian: не уныва́й! (ne unyváj!) — an encouragement
- Spanish: ánimo — an encouragement
- Basque: animatu — to become happy
- Chinese Mandarin: 振作 (zhènzuò) — to become happy
- Chinese Mandarin: 振作起來 /振作起来 (zhènzuò qǐlái) — to become happy
- Czech: pookřát — to become happy
- Czech: vzmužit se — to become happy
- Dutch: opfleuren — to become happy
- Finnish: piristyä — to become happy
- Finnish: ilahtua — to become happy
- German: bessere Laune bekommen — to become happy
- German: aufheitern — to become happy
- German: aufmuntern — to become happy
- German: fröhlicher stimmen — to become happy
- Italian: incoraggiare — to become happy
- Italian: sostenere — to become happy
- Italian: invogliare — to become happy
- Italian: rallegrarsi — to become happy
- Japanese: 勇む (isamu) — to become happy
- Japanese: 勇み立つ (isamitatsu) — to become happy
- Norwegian: muntre opp — to become happy
- Polish: rozchmurzyć się — to become happy
- Portuguese: animar-se — to become happy
- Romanian: bucura — to become happy
- Romanian: înveseli — to become happy
- Romanian: dispune — to become happy
- Russian: утеша́ться (utešátʹsja) — to become happy
- Russian: уте́шиться (utéšitʹsja) — to become happy
- Russian: развесели́ться (razveselítʹsja) — to become happy
- Russian: воодушевля́ться (vooduševljátʹsja) — to become happy
- Russian: воодушеви́ться (vooduševítʹsja) — to become happy
- Spanish: animarse — to become happy
- Tagalog: magsaya — to become happy
- Tagalog: sumaya — to become happy
- Turkish: keyiflenmek — to become happy
- Turkish: neşelenmek — to become happy
- Amharic: አስደሰተ (ʾäsdäsätä) — to make someone happy
- Basque: animatu — to make someone happy
- Bulgarian: ободрявам (obodrjavam) — to make someone happy
- Czech: povzbudit — to make someone happy
- Dutch: opkikkeren — to make someone happy
- Finnish: piristää — to make someone happy
- Finnish: ilahduttaa — to make someone happy
- French: remonter le moral — to make someone happy
- German: aufmuntern — to make someone happy
- German: ermuntern — to make someone happy
- German: ermutigen — to make someone happy
- German: erheitern — to make someone happy
- Greek: χαροποιώ (charopoió) — to make someone happy
- Greek: ενθαρύνω (entharýno) — to make someone happy
- Hungarian: jókedvre derít — to make someone happy
- Hungarian: felvidít — to make someone happy
- Ido: joyigar — to make someone happy
- Italian: sollevare il morale — to make someone happy
- Italian: rallegrare — to make someone happy
- Japanese: 励ます (hagemasu) — to make someone happy
- Japanese: 元気づける (genki-dzukeru) — to make someone happy
- Latin: hilarō — to make someone happy
- Māori: whakahari — to make someone happy
- Norwegian: muntre opp — to make someone happy
- Polish: rozweselić — to make someone happy
- Portuguese: animar — to make someone happy
- Russian: ободря́ть (obodrjátʹ) — to make someone happy
- Russian: ободри́ть (obodrítʹ) — to make someone happy
- Russian: уте́шить (utéšitʹ) — to make someone happy
- Russian: развесели́ть (razveselítʹ) — to make someone happy
- Russian: воодушевля́ть (vooduševljátʹ) — to make someone happy
- Russian: воодушеви́ть (vooduševítʹ) — to make someone happy
- Serbo-Croatian: razveseliti — to make someone happy
- Spanish: animar — to make someone happy
- Spanish: alegrar — to make someone happy
- Spanish: beatificar — to make someone happy
- Swedish: muntra upp — to make someone happy
- Tagalog: magpasaya — to make someone happy
- Turkish: keyiflendirmek — to make someone happy
- Turkish: neşelendirmek — to make someone happy