Antonyms for good cheer
Grammar : Noun |
- aloofness
- boo
- cheerlessness
- coldness
- coolness
- depression
- despair
- discontent
- discouragement
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- distress
- distrust
- doubt
- fear
- gloom
- gravity
- hopelessness
- hostility
- inhospitality
- irritation
- lack
- melancholy
- misery
- moodiness
- need
- pain
- pessimism
- sadness
- seriousness
- sorrow
- trouble
- uncertainty
- unfriendliness
- unhappiness
- unneighborliness
- unsociableness
- upset
- want
- woe
- worry
Definition of good cheer
- As in optimism : noun state of having positive beliefs
- As in cheerfulness : noun happiness
- As in cheer : noun happiness
- As in joyfulness : noun happiness
- As in sanguineness : noun optimism
- As in sanguinity : noun optimism
- As in geniality : noun extreme niceness
- As in happiness : noun high spirits, satisfaction
- As in hospitality : noun neighborliness
- Wherefore be of good cheer, and try to recollect what you do not know, or rather what you do not remember.
- Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
- I had not one living soul to say, 'Be of good cheer, your time will come yet.'
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- One word of good cheer before I close this miserable record.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- Yet underlying all this there ran a vein of good cheer, of hopefulness.
- Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
- All along the way was a spirit of good cheer and hearty welcome.
- Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
- And when he had come to the hermitage, you may be sure he had good cheer.
- Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler
- Then among them all Aeneas spoke thus: 'Hearken to this, and attend in good cheer.
- Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
- All I could do was to hail him and bid him be of good cheer till we had him down.
- Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
- For we were cold and famished and weary, and the good cheer of the place tempted us.
- Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
- So there was no cause for anything but good cheer at the supper party.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
Synonyms for good cheer
- accommodation
- affability
- agreeability
- agreeableness
- amenity
- amiability
- animation
- anticipation
- assurance
- beatitude
- blessedness
- bliss
- brightness
- buoyancy
- calmness
- certainty
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- cheeriness
- comfort
- companionship
- comradeship
- confidence
- congenialness
- consideration
- content
- contentment
- conviviality
- cordiality
- delectation
- delight
- delirium
- easiness
- ecstasy
- elation
- enchantment
- encouragement
- enjoyableness
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- enthusiasm
- euphoria
- exhilaration
- expectation
- exuberance
- felicity
- friendliness
- gaiety
- generosity
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- good cheer
- good humor
- good nature
- good spirits
- gratefulness
- happiness
- heartiness
- hilarity
- hopefulness
- hospitableness
- idealism
- jauntiness
- jocundity
- jollity
- joviality
- joy
- joyousness
- jubilation
- kindliness
- kindness
- laughter
- light-heartedness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- looking on bright side
- merriment
- merry-making
- mirth
- obligingness
- optimism
- paradise
- peace of mind
- playfulness
- pleasance
- pleasantness
- pleasure
- positivism
- prosperity
- reception
- rejoicing
- rose-colored glasses
- sanctity
- sanguineness
- sanguinity
- seventh heaven
- sociability
- solace
- sunniness
- sureness
- sweetness and light
- trust
- vivacity
- warmheartedness
- warmth
- welcome
- well-being
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