Definition of Cheer up

1. Verb. Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful. "The good news will cheer up her"; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"

Exact synonyms: Cheer, Jolly Along, Jolly Up
Causes: Cheer, Chirk Up
Specialized synonyms: Amuse
Derivative terms: Cheer

2. Verb. Become cheerful.
Exact synonyms: Cheer, Chirk Up
Specialized synonyms: Exuberate, Exult, Jubilate, Rejoice, Triumph, Buoy Up, Lighten, Lighten Up
Generic synonyms: Joy, Rejoice
Derivative terms: Cheer
Antonyms: Complain

Definition of Cheer up

1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to become happy ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) to make someone happy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheer Up

cheeking
cheekless
cheekpiece
cheekpieces
cheeks
cheeky
cheeky monkey
cheep
cheeped
cheeper
cheepers
cheeping
cheeps
cheer
cheer on
cheer up (current term)
cheere
cheered
cheerer
cheerer-upper
cheerers
cheerest
cheereth
cheerful
cheerfull
cheerfuller
cheerfullest
cheerfully
cheerfulness
cheerfulnesses

Literary usage of Cheer up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"348 cheer up, MY MATES (Sitting and drinking in the chair made out of the relics of ... CHEER up, my mates, the wind does fairly blow; Clap on more sail, ..."

2. Tupper's Complete Poetical Works by Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851)
"cheer up. FOR MUSIC. NEVER go gloomily, man with a mind! Hope is a better companion than fear, Providence, ever benignant and kind, Gives with a smile what ..."

3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"838 ; cock-a-hoop. cheering, inspiriting, exhilarating ; cardiac-al ; pleasing &c. 829 ; palmy. Int. never say die ! come ! cheer up ! hurrah ! &c. ..."

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