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(adj)
Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
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Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
(comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
Full of joy; happy.
(informal) Energetic and lively.
Filled with mirth.
(n)
rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous, furious.
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
(countable) A showy and festive party.
festive, relating to a festival or feast
Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
(informal) Rapid and without delay.
(uncountable) A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
Feeling or causing joy.
Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
A simplified representation of a smiling face.
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
(v)
(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
(transitive) to amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably
Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
Lively.
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
A name for a pet, traditionally especially a dog, with similar connotations.
liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
(chiefly informal) Pleasant, satisfactory.
Pleasant, charismatic.
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
Of good omen; indicating future success.
Appropriate, apt, fitting.
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
Of a person or an animal:
carefree or untroubled
Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
The act or motion of that which swings.
A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.
The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red.
A surname.
A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive; not depressed or sad.
In a state of elation.
(chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
Having buoyancy; able to float.
Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
Energetic, exuberant, or high-strung.
carefree, merry and boisterous
(of people) Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.
Jolly.
Full of laughter; merry.
jolly, joyous or carefree.
Full of mirth.
inclined, minded
A female given name from English.
Full of gaiety or cheerfulness; cheery; gay; lively.
(obsolete or humorous, nautical) a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.
Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
(also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
Alternative form of jollisome. [Characterised or marked by joviality or jolliness.]
Happy, cheerful, amiable.
playful; characterized by joking
cheerful
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Having a light or cheerful spirit.
Characterised or marked by joviality or jolliness.
(music) Merry; playful.
Gaiety; merriment.
Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution.
(adv)
(archaic) Cheerily, cheerfully, heartily; briskly.
A surname from Irish.
(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
Full of laughter; indicative of, characterised by, or expressing laughter or mirth.
Marked by joy or gladness; happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
Happy or spriteful; carefree.
(archaic) cheerful
Very cheerful.
Archaic form of mirthful. [Filled with mirth.]
Full of smiles.
Pleased; happy; gratified.
In a good mood.
Causing exhilaration or pleasure.
Happy, lively, full of life, blithe.
(rare) cheerful