CHEER, verb transitive 1. To salute with shouts of joy, or cheers. 2. To dispel gloom, sorrow, silence or apathy; to cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; as, to cheer a lonely desert; the cheering rays of the sun; good news cheers the heart. 3. To infuse life; spirit, animation; to incite; to encourage; as, to cheer the hounds. CHEER, verb intransitive To grow cheerful; to become gladsome, or joyous. At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. CHEER up, my lads. CHEER, noun 1. A shout of joy; as, they gave three cheers. 2. A state of gladness or joy; a state of animation, above gloom and depression of spirits, but below mirth, gayety and jollity. Son, be of good cheer thy sins are forgiven thee. Matthew 9:2. Then were they all of good cheer and they also took some meat. Acts 27:22. 3. Mirth; gayety; jollity; as at a feast. 4. Invitation to gayety. 5. Entertainment; that which makes cheerful; provisions for a feast. The table was loaded with good cheer 6. Air of countenance, noting a greater or less degree of cheerfulness. His words their drooping cheer Enlightened.
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