What does cheerfulness mean?
Word: Cheerfulness
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cheerfulness means a happy, bright mood that shows in the way a person smiles, speaks and helps others.
Synonyms: happiness, good humour
How do you spell cheerfulness?
Syllables: cheer - ful - ness
Tricky part: Children often write two l's in the middle, because they think of a glass full of cheer. This long word keeps only one l there.
Watch out for: cheerfullness, cheerfulless
Memory tip: Cheer + ful + ness: the ful in the middle is the short ful you write in helpful, never the full of a full glass.
Cheerfulness in a sentence
Example 1: Even on a busy day, Mrs Rao greets every pupil with cheerfulness.
Example 2: Arjun had a cold, but he answered the quiz questions with cheerfulness.
Example 3: Our class monitor's cheerfulness on a rainy Monday lifted everyone's mood.
Fun Fact
The word cheer once meant a person's face. It came into English from an old French word for face, and only later came to mean a happy mood.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: cheerfulness
a) patience
b) brightness
c) kindness
d) gloom
Show answer
d) gloom. Gloom is a dark, low mood, the very opposite of a bright and smiling one.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) neighbour
b) chearfulness
c) beautiful
d) delicious
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b) chearfulness. Cheer, the word at the start, is spelt with a double e, the way cheetah begins.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lesnehcufres
a) cheerlufness
b) cheerfulness
c) cheerfulsens
d) cheerfunless
Show answer
b) cheerfulness. Find cheer first, the word you shout for your team; the seven letters left make the rest.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
cheerfulnness
a) n
b) s
c) e
d) l
Show answer
a) n. Kindness and sadness each have one n before the ess, and so does this word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which child is showing cheerfulness?
a) Asha sulks in a corner after she loses the match.
b) Asha smiles and helps even though she lost the match.
c) Asha goes straight home after she loses the match.
d) Asha refuses to speak after she loses the match.
Show answer
b) Asha smiles and helps even though she lost the match.
2. Which sentence uses cheerfulness correctly?
a) She cheerfulness waved at the bus.
b) Her cheerfulness brightened the whole room.
c) He spoke cheerfulness to the guests.
d) The cheerfulness dog ran very fast.
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b) Her cheerfulness brightened the whole room.
