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Cheerful vs Exhilarating - What's the difference?

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Cheerful is a related term of exhilarating.


As adjectives the difference between cheerful and exhilarating

is that cheerful is noticeably happy and optimistic while exhilarating is refreshingly thrilling.

As a verb exhilarating is

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cheerful

English

Alternative forms

* cheerfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  • Bright and pleasant.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.
  • Synonyms

    * bright * bubbly * ebullient * happy * joyful * optimistic * vivacious

    Antonyms

    * depressed * miserable * sad

    exhilarating

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Refreshingly thrilling.
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    Synonyms

    * cheering * gladdening * stimulating * enlivening * See also