cheer
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English chere, from Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere (“head, face; appearance; reception, hospitality; meal, dinner, food”) (Modern French chère), from Late Latin cara (“head”).
Inflected forms:
form: cheers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cheers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cheering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cheered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cheered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.
gloss: That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: a table loaded with good cheer
"And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome crile, come along with me."
“[…]the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
 Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.[…].”
gloss: A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Three cheers for the birthday boy!
A cheer rose from the crowd.
Welcome her, thunders of fort and of fleet! / Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street!
gloss: A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: One's facial expression or countenance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery knyȝt took the way that hym lyked best
Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere [translating visage], and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes.
‘thorough evill rest of this last night, / Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be; / That by your change of cheare is easie for to see.’
gloss: One's attitude, mood.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere, it is I, be not afrayed.
The parents […] fled away with heavy cheer.
gloss: To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea.
⁠How often shall her old fireside
⁠Be cheer’d with tidings of the bride,
How often she herself return, […]
gloss: To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd.
gloss: To encourage to do something.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Let’s cheere our ſouldiers to incounter him, […]
And burne him in the fury of that flame,
That none can quench but blood and Empery.
gloss: To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.
The crowd cheered the athletes.
gloss: To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: The finance sector will cheer this decision.
Synonyms: acclaim
acclamate
applaud
hail
barrack
beclap
cheer
cheer on
clap
encheer
hurrah
hurray
huzzah
Antonyms: heckle
jeer at
sneer
Derived words: bellycheer
Bronx cheer
cheerful
cheerish
cheerleader
cheerless
cheerly
cheermaster
cheersome
Christmas cheer
countercheer
cup that cheers
encheer
good cheer
three cheers
what cheer
wotcher
cheerable
cheerer
cheer-off
cheer on
cheers
cheer ship
cheer to the echo
cheer up
cheery
outcheer
upcheer
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