different between cheerful vs charming
cheerful
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)
- Noticeably happy and optimistic.
- Synonyms: bright, bubbly, cheerly, ebullient, happy, joyful, merry, optimistic, vivacious; see also Thesaurus:happy
- Antonyms: depressed, miserable, sad
- 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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charming
English
Etymology
From Middle English charmyng; equivalent to charm +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t???(?).m??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)m??
Adjective
charming (comparative charminger or more charming, superlative (nonstandard) charmest or charmingest or most charming)
- Pleasant, charismatic.
- Synonyms: charismatic, smart, witty
- Antonyms: dull, charmless
- Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
- Antonyms: silly, charmless
Translations
Verb
charming
- present participle of charm
Noun
charming (plural charmings)
- The casting of a magical charm.
- 1616, Thomas Middleton, The Witch
- They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings, / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.
- 1616, Thomas Middleton, The Witch
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