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Disposed vs Cheerful - What's the difference?

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Disposed is a related term of cheerful.


As adjectives the difference between disposed and cheerful

is that disposed is inclined; minded while cheerful is noticeably happy and optimistic.

As a verb disposed

is (dispose).

disposed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dispose)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined; minded.
  • *(Bible), (w) xviii.27:
  • *:when he was disposed to pass into Achaia
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • (lb) Inclined to mirth; jolly.
  • :(Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • 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