noun
- Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators.
- usage: "it's all over but the shouting"
- synonyms: shouting
verb
- Give encouragement to.
- Show approval or good wishes by shouting.
- usage: "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
- synonyms: cheer
- Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful.
- usage: "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
- synonyms: cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up
- Become cheerful.
- Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.
- usage: "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
adjective
- Providing freedom from worry.
- synonyms: comforting, satisfying
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