cheer up

cheer up

English

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Verb

cheer up (third-person singular simple present cheers up, present participle cheering up, simple past and past participle cheered up)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become happier or less downcast.

   I cheered up after seeing the results.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast.

   The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.

   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:

     Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
     He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
     Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.

Derived terms

• cheerer-upper

Translations

to become happy

Chinese: Mandarin: 振作 (zh) (zhènzuò), 振作起來／振作起来 (zh), 振作起来 (zh) (zhènzuò qǐlái) Czech: pookřát, vzmužit se Finnish: piristyä (fi), ilahtua (fi) German: bessere Laune bekommen, aufheitern (de) (transitive), aufmuntern (de) (transitive), fröhlicher stimmen Greek: χαροποιώ (el) (charopoió) Italian: incoraggiare (it), sostenere (it), invogliare (it), rallegrarsi (it) Japanese: 勇む (いさむ, isamu), 勇み立つ (いさみたつ, isamitatsu) Norwegian: muntre opp Portuguese: animar-se Romanian: bucura (ro), înveseli (ro), dispune (ro) Russian: утеша́ться (ru) impf (utešátʹsja), уте́шиться (ru) pf (utéšitʹsja), развесели́ться (ru) pf (razveselítʹsja), воодушевля́ться (ru) impf (vooduševljátʹsja), воодушеви́ться (ru) pf (vooduševítʹsja) Spanish: animarse (es) Turkish: keyiflenmek (tr), neşelenmek (tr)

to make someone happy

Bulgarian: ободрявам (bg) (obodrjavam) Czech: povzbudit (cs) Finnish: piristää (fi), ilahduttaa (fi) French: remonter le moral German: aufmuntern (de), ermuntern (de), ermutigen (de), erheitern (de) Greek: ενθαρύνω (entharýno) Hungarian: jókedvre derít, felvidít (hu) Ido: joyigar (io) Italian: sollevare il morale, rallegrare (it) Japanese: 元気づける (げんきづける, genki-dzukeru) Latin: hilarō Norwegian: muntre opp Polish: rozweselić (pl) Portuguese: animar (pt) Russian: ободря́ть (ru) impf (obodrjátʹ), ободри́ть (ru) pf (obodrítʹ), уте́шить (ru) pf (utéšitʹ), развесели́ть (ru) pf (razveselítʹ), воодушевля́ть (ru) impf (vooduševljátʹ), воодушеви́ть (ru) pf (vooduševítʹ) Serbo-Croatian: razveseliti (sh) pf Spanish: animar (es) Swedish: muntra upp (sv) Turkish: keyiflendirmek, neşelendirmek (tr)

Interjection

cheer up

1. An encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy.

   Cheer up! Things could be worse.

Translations

an encouragement

Czech: hlavu vzhůru! Dutch: kop op Finnish: piristy! French: courage (fr) m German: Kopf hoch! (de) Greek: κουράγιο! (el) (kourágio!) Hungarian: fel a fejjel, ne búsulj/szomorkodj, sebaj Italian: coraggio! (it), forza! (it) Japanese: 元気出して！ (ja) (げんきだして！, genki dashite!) Korean: 힘내라! (Himnaera!), 기운내라! (Giunnaera!) Latin: relaxō Norwegian: opp med hodet Portuguese: anime-se Romanian: hai (ro)ǃ, curaj (ro)ǃ, nu te daǃ, capul susǃ Russian: вы́ше го́лову! (výše gólovu!), не па́дайте ду́хом! (ne pádajte dúxom!) (formal), не па́дай ду́хом! (ne pádaj dúxom!) (informal), не уныва́йте! (ru) (ne unyvájte!) (formal), не уныва́й! (ru) (ne unyváj!) (informal) Spanish: ánimo (es)

Anagrams

• Pecheur, upcheer