cheerfulness

1. The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom (synset 104638046)
   "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
   tells us about:

   • cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
   • cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
   is a type of: attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
   subtypes: good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness - a cheerful willingness to be obliging
   is a part of: disposition, temperament - your usual mood
   same as: cheer, sunniness, sunshine
2. A feeling of spontaneous good spirits (synset 107545866)
   "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"
   is a type of: happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
   subtypes:

   • buoyancy, perkiness - cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
   • carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness - the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
   same as: blitheness

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