cheer


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cheer
v. shout, cry with joy; encourage
 
n. shout, cry; happiness, joy

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Cheering
Cheering is the uttering or making of sounds encouraging, stimulating or exciting to action, indicating approval or acclaiming or welcoming persons, announcements of events and the like.

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cheer

Noun
1. a cry or shout of approval
(hypernym) approval, commendation
(hyponym) banzai
2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
(synonym) cheerfulness
(hypernym) attribute
(hyponym) good-temperedness, good-humoredness, good humouredness, good naturedness
(part-holonym) disposition, temperament
(attribute) cheerful
(derivation) cheer up, jolly along, jolly up

Verb
1. give encouragement to
(synonym) hearten, recreate, embolden
(hypernym) encourage
(hyponym) take heart, buck up
(derivation) cheering, shouting
2. show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
(hypernym) applaud
(hyponym) lighten, buoy up
3. cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
(synonym) cheer up, jolly along, jolly up
(hyponym) amuse
(cause) cheer up, chirk up
(derivation) cheerfulness
4. become cheerful
(synonym) cheer up, chirk up
(antonym) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
(hypernym) rejoice, joy
(hyponym) exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate
(derivation) cheerfulness
5. urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
(synonym) inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
(hypernym) encourage
(hyponym) cheerlead
(derivation) cheerer


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cheer
v. provolávat slávu; povzbuzovat; povzbudit; povzbuzovat koho; potěšit koho; vzpružit se; rozjasnit co
 
n. jásot; povzbuzování

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cheer
Czas. wznosić okrzyki; wiwatować; dodawać otuchy; pocieszać; dopingować; rozweselać (się); głowa do góry
 
Rzecz. wiwat; zawiwatował