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noun

A condition of supreme well-being and good spirits: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheerfulness, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness. See happy/unhappy.

verb

1. To give great or keen pleasure to: delight, enchant, gladden, gratify, overjoy, please, pleasure, tickle. Archaic joy. See happy/unhappy, like/dislike.
2. To impart strength and confidence to. buck up, encourage, hearten, nerve, perk up. See help/harm/harmless.
3. To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to. animate, embolden, encourage, inspire, inspirit, motivate. See help/harm/harmless.
4. To express approval, especially by clapping: applaud, clap, root. Idioms: give someone a hand. See praise/blame.

Idioms beginning with cheer:
cheer on
cheer up

See also three cheers.

n

Definition: applause, supportive yell
Antonyms: boo

v

Definition: encourage in activity
Antonyms: discourage, dishearten, dissuade

v

Definition: make someone feel happier
Antonyms: bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy

IN BRIEF: n. - The quality of being joyful and dispelling gloom. v. - Show approval or good wishes by shouting.

The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer up somebody else. — Mark Twain

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For a list of words related to cheer, see:

• Intonation and Inflection - cheer: encourage or applaud with shouts
• Expressions of Feeling - cheer: encourage or applaud with shouts
• Descriptions of Sounds
• Praise, Exaltation, Flattery, and Applause - cheer: (vb) comfort, restore hope to; encourage or salute with shouts; (n) shout of encouragement or praise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gløde, opmuntre, juble over
v. intr. - fatte mod, råbe hurra
n. - hurraråb, humør, munterhed, opmuntring

idioms:

• cheer on    opmuntre med tilråb
• cheer up    fatte/give nyt mod

Nederlands (Dutch)
(juich)kreet, opbeuring, (goede) bui, blijheid, gejuich, (mv) Proost!, (mv) Bedankt, (mv) Tot kijk!, juichen, bemoedigen, toejuiching

Français (French)
v. tr. - acclamer, applaudir, réjouir, remonter le moral à
v. intr. - acclamer, applaudir, lancer des acclamations
n. - hourra, acclamation, bravos, à votre santé, (GB) à bientôt, (GB) merci, bonne disposition d'esprit

idioms:

• cheer on    encourager (qn) par des acclamations
• cheer up    s'égayer, remonter le moral, éclaircir
• cheer up!    reprenez courage, resaississez vous

Deutsch (German)
v. - ermutigen, jubeln
n. - Aufmunterung, Beifallsruf, Prost!, Danke!, Tschüß!

idioms:

• cheer on    anfeuern
• cheer up    aufheitern
• cheer up!    Kopf hoch!, nun lach doch mal!, nur Mut..!

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ζητωκραυγάζω, επευφημώ, ενθαρρύνω, εμψυχώνω
n. - ζητωκραυγή, επευφημία, (καλή ψυχική) διάθεση, ευδιαθεσία

idioms:

• cheer on    ενθαρρύνω με επευφημίες, εμψυχώνω
• cheer up    χαροποιώ, φτιάχνω το κέφι, ευθυμώ, σκάω χαμόγελο, (στην προστ.) κουράγιο, μη στεναχωριέσαι

Italiano (Italian)
evviva, incoraggiamenti, confortare, incoraggiare, esultare, giubilare, applaudire, incoraggiamento, acclamazione, applauso

idioms:

• cheer on    incoraggiare
• cheer up    rallegrare, riconfortare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - animar, aplaudir
n. - disposição (f), incentivo (m), alimento (m)

idioms:

• cheer on    incitar
• cheer up    encorajar

Русский (Russian)
подбодрять, радоваться, ободрение, приветственные возгласы, (множ.) ваше здоровье!

idioms:

• cheer on    подбадривать
• cheer up    приободриться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - alegrar, animar, alentar, infundir ánimo a, dar gritos de alegría
v. intr. - alegrarse, animarse
n. - vítores, aclamaciones, aplauso, ¡salud!, ¡salud y pesetas!

idioms:

• cheer on    animar, alentar
• cheer up    levantar el ánimo, alegrar
• cheer up!    levanta el ánimo!, anímate!

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - muntra upp, hurra för, hurra
n. - bifallsrop, glädje, uppmuntran, sinnesstämning, undfägnad (litt.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使振奋, 欢呼, 喝彩, 感到振奋, 感到高兴, 愉快, 激励

idioms:

• cheer on    鼓励
• cheer up    使振奋, 感到振奋

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使振奮, 歡呼
v. intr. - 歡呼, 喝彩, 感到振奮, 感到高興
n. - 愉快, 歡呼, 激勵

idioms:

• cheer on    鼓勵
• cheer up    使振奮, 感到振奮

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 갈채를 보내다, 기운을 북돋우다
v. intr. - 갈채하다, 기운이 나다
n. - 환호, 응원, 격려

idioms:

• cheer on    격려하기 위해 큰소리 치다
• cheer up    격려하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 励まし, 喝采, 乾杯, さよなら, 食べ物, 気分, 陽気, 食物
v. - 機嫌をよくさせる, 慰める, 元気づける, 声援する

idioms:

• cheer on    勇気づける, 声援する
• cheer up    励ます, 元気づく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) هتف, هلل, فرح, أبهج (الاسم) هتاف, تهليل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עודד‬
v. intr. - ‮הריע‬
n. - ‮תרועה, שמחה, (ברבים) לחיים!, עליזות, תודה‬

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