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Synonyms for cheer up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : cheer |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪər |
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Définition of cheer up
Origin :- c.1200, "the face," especially as expressing emotion, from Anglo-French chere "the face," Old French chiere "face, countenance, look, expression," from Late Latin cara "face" (source of Spanish cara), possibly from Greek kara "head," from PIE root *ker- "head" (see horn (n.)). From mid-13c. as "frame of mind, state of feeling, spirit; mood, humor."
- By late 14c. the meaning had extended metaphorically to "mood, mental condition," as reflected in the face. This could be in a good or bad sense ("The feend ... beguiled her with treacherye, and brought her into a dreerye cheere," "Merline," c.1500), but a positive sense (probably short for good cheer) has predominated since c.1400. Meaning "shout of encouragement" first recorded 1720, perhaps nautical slang (cf. earlier verbal sense, "to encourage by words or deeds," early 15c.). The antique English greeting what cheer (mid-15c.) was picked up by Algonquian Indians of southern New England from the Puritans and spread in Indian languages as far as Canada.
- verb make cheerful
- verb become cheerful
- "Cheer up, Mary, for I seek to comfort you," answered the rejected lover.
- Extract from : « The Wives of The Dead » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- We was all of us more comfortable, then, and went to work to cheer up the old man.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Caroline, under the spell of this convincing eloquence, began to cheer up.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Her doctor says: "Cheer up; you have dyspepsia; you will be all right soon."
- Extract from : « Treatise on the Diseases of Women » by Lydia E. Pinkham
- “Cheer up,” cried Stanley, who had put his companion ahead of him.
- Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
- Cheer up, old man; we haven't all got your southern chivalry.
- Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
- It rested with her to be cheerful herself, and to comfort and cheer up the others.
- Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
- Cheer up; we will soon have a blazing fire and something nice to eat.
- Extract from : « The Masked Bridal » by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
- Sorry to hear that, my young friend; but cheer up; it'll come out all right.
- Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
- But cheer up, John, I have a hunch that we will strike a pay streak of grub yet.
- Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt
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