• (GA) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfʊl/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪəfəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɪəfʊl/

cheerful

1. Noticeably happy and optimistic.

   Synonyms: bright, bubbly, cheerly, ebullient, happy, joyful, merry, optimistic, vivacious, Thesaurus:happy

   Antonyms: depressed, miserable, sad

2. Bright and pleasant.

   They enjoyed a cheerful room.

   • 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619 ↗:

     At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

• French: joyeux, content, de bonne humeur
• German: fröhlich, vergnügt
• Italian: allegro, felice, gioioso
• Portuguese: alegre
• Russian: весёлый
• Spanish: animado

• German: freundlich
• Italian: allegro, luminoso
• Portuguese: animado