different between amusement vs cheerful

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French amusement, from amuser +? -ment.

Morphologically amuse +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mjuzm?nt/
• Hyphenation: a?muse?ment

Noun

amusement (countable and uncountable, plural amusements)

1. (uncountable) Entertainment.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.

     This is some form of amusement you're talking about.

2. (countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hobby

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amusement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.my.z??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: amu?se?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

amusement n (uncountable)

1. entertainment, amusement

Related terms

• amusant
• amuseren

French

Etymology

amuser +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.myz.m??/

Noun

amusement m (plural amusements)

1. amusement

Descendants

• ? English: amusement
• ? German: Amüsement

Further reading

• “amusement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• cheerfull (archaic)
• chearful (archaic or dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t????f?l/, /?t????f?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t????f?l/, /?t????f?l/
• Hyphenation: cheer?ful
• Rhymes: -??rf?l

Adjective

cheerful (comparative more cheerful, superlative most cheerful)

1. Noticeably happy and optimistic.

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

   Antonyms: depressed, miserable, sad

2. 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.

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