| cheer | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. cheer | a cry or shout of approval. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ banzai | a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph. |
| ~ bravo | a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance. |
| ~ hooray, hurrah | a victory cheer.; "let's give the team a big hurrah" |
| ~ salvo | a sudden outburst of cheers.; "there was a salvo of approval" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine | the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ disposition, temperament | your usual mood.; "he has a happy disposition" |
| ~ good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness | a cheerful willingness to be obliging. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate | give encouragement to. |
| ~ buck up, take heart | gain courage. |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| v. (communication) | 4. cheer | show approval or good wishes by shouting.; "everybody cheered the birthday boy" |
| ~ applaud | express approval of.; "I applaud your efforts" |
| ~ lighten, lighten up, buoy up | make more cheerful.; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" |
| v. (communication) | 5. cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up | cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful.; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee" |
| ~ chirk up, cheer up, cheer | become cheerful. |
| ~ amuse | make (somebody) laugh.; "The clown amused the children" |
| v. (communication) | 6. cheer, cheer up, chirk up | become cheerful. |
| ~ exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph | to express great joy.; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" |
| ~ buoy up, lighten up, lighten | become more cheerful.; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" |
| ~ joy, rejoice | feel happiness or joy. |
| v. (communication) | 7. barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" |
| ~ cheerlead | act as a cheerleader in a sports event. |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| delighted | | |
| adj. | 1. delighted | greatly pleased. |
| ~ pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure. |
| adj. | 2. beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced | filled with wonder and delight. |
| ~ enchanted | influenced as by charms or incantations. |
| joy | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. joy, joyfulness, joyousness | the emotion of great happiness. |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ high spirits, lightness, elation | a feeling of joy and pride. |
| ~ exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation | a feeling of extreme joy. |
| ~ excitement, exhilaration | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy.; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" |
| ~ exuberance | joyful enthusiasm. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. delight, joy, pleasure | something or someone that provides a source of happiness.; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" |
| ~ positive stimulus | a stimulus with desirable consequences. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. joy, rejoice | feel happiness or joy. |
| ~ chirk up, cheer up, cheer | become cheerful. |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ gladden | become glad or happy. |
| ~ be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air | feel extreme happiness or elation. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. gladden, joy | make glad or happy. |
| ~ gladden | become glad or happy. |
| ~ overjoy | cause to feel extremely joyful or happy.; "the economic growth overjoyed the German industry" |
| croton | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. codiaeum variegatum, croton | grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant. |
| ~ codiaeum, genus codiaeum | evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands. |
| ~ bush, shrub | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems. |
| n. (plant) | 2. croton, croton tiglium | tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil. |
| ~ genus croton | tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil. |
| ~ croton oil | viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action. |
| ~ cascarilla, croton eluteria | West Indian shrub with aromatic bark. |
| ~ bush, shrub | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems. |
| glee | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness | great merriment. |
| ~ gaiety, merriment | a gay feeling. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. glee, gloat, gloating | malicious satisfaction. |
| ~ satisfaction | the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation.; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction" |
| happiness | | |
| n. (state) | 1. felicity, happiness | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. |
| ~ emotional state, spirit | the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection).; "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" |
| ~ beatification, beatitude, blessedness | a state of supreme happiness. |
| ~ radiance | an attractive combination of good health and happiness.; "the radiance of her countenance" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. happiness | emotions experienced when in a state of well-being. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ bonheur | (French) happiness and good humor. |
| ~ gladfulness, gladness, gladsomeness | experiencing joy and pleasure. |
| ~ gaiety, merriment | a gay feeling. |
| ~ rejoicing | a feeling of great happiness. |
| ~ belonging | happiness felt in a secure relationship.; "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging" |
| ~ blitheness, cheerfulness | a feeling of spontaneous good spirits.; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better" |
| ~ contentment | happiness with one's situation in life. |
| mirth | | |
| pleasure | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. pleasance, pleasure | a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience.; "he was tingling with pleasure" |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ delectation, delight | a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction.; "his delight to see her was obvious to all" |
| ~ enjoyment | the pleasure felt when having a good time. |
| ~ pleasantness | the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling. |
| ~ comfort | a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment. |
| ~ sexual pleasure | pleasure derived from sexual activities. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. pleasure | a formal expression.; "he serves at the pleasure of the President" |
| ~ choice, pick, selection | the person or thing chosen or selected.; "he was my pick for mayor" |
| n. (act) | 3. pleasure | an activity that affords enjoyment.; "he puts duty before pleasure" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ luxuriation | an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment. |
| n. (act) | 4. pleasure | sexual gratification.; "he took his pleasure of her" |
| ~ sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | activities associated with sexual intercourse.; "they had sex in the back seat" |
| happy | | |
| adj. | 1. happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ cheerful | being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits.; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" |
| ~ content, contented | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.; "a contented smile" |
| ~ elated | exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits.; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited" |
| ~ euphoric | exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation. |
| ~ felicitous | exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style.; "a felicitous speaker" |
| ~ blessed | characterized by happiness and good fortune.; "a blessed time" |
| ~ blissful | completely happy and contented.; "blissful young lovers"; "in blissful ignorance" |
| ~ bright | characterized by happiness or gladness.; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay" |
| ~ golden, halcyon, prosperous | marked by peace and prosperity.; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade" |
| ~ laughing, riant | showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.; "laughing children" |
| ~ glad | showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy.; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion" |
| ~ joyful | full of or producing joy.; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion" |
| ~ joyous | full of or characterized by joy.; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" |
| adj. | 2. felicitous, happy | marked by good fortune.; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome" |
| ~ fortunate | having unexpected good fortune.; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" |
| adj. | 3. glad, happy | eagerly disposed to act or to be of service.; "glad to help" |
| ~ willing | disposed or inclined toward.; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers" |
| adj. | 4. happy, well-chosen | well expressed and to the point.; "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words" |
| ~ felicitous | exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style.; "a felicitous speaker" |
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