sunny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌni/
note: Northern England, Dublin, without the foot-strut split
ipa: /ˈsʊni/
note: Indic
ipa: /sənˈ(n)i/
rhymes: -ʌni
homophone: sonny (general)
homophone: Sunni (without the foot-strut split)
Forms: form: sunnier
form: sunniest
Etymology: From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
glosses: Featuring a lot of sunshine.
raw_tags: of weather or a day
examples: text: the sunny side of a hill
text: I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
glosses: Receiving a lot of sunshine.
raw_tags: of a place
examples: text: a person with a sunny disposition
text: My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
ref: 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. (please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: Unloved, and uncaressed, her childhood unbrightened by the sunny mirth of that age, her girlhood a gloomy period of austere seclusion […]
ref: 1849, The Literary Garland, page 244:
text: Sunak is a sunnier character than DeSantis, who could illuminate a stage by getting off it. He is also the more reliable friend of Ukraine. Other than that, their oneness is striking.
ref: 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times:
text: Altman tweeted a sunny message after the combative announcement.
ref: 2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
antonyms: sunless
glosses: Cheerful.
examples: text: sunny beams
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
text: the four winds blow in from every coast
Renownèd suitors, and her sunny locks
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
Synonyms: topics: weather
meteorology
climatology
natural-sciences
sense: day
word: bright
topics: weather
meteorology
climatology
natural-sciences
sense: day
word: sunshiny
word: sunlit
word: bright
word: cheerful
Derived terms: sunnily
sunniness
sunny-day flooding
sunny side down
sunny side up
sunny uplands
unsunny