cheer up - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Verb
    * 1.2.1 Derived terms
    * 1.2.2 Translations
  • 1.3 Interjection
    * 1.3.1 Translations
  • 1.4 Anagrams

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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.
   Synonyms: blithen, liven up, perk up
   I cheered up after seeing the results.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast.
   Synonyms: cheer, perk up; see also Thesaurus:gladden
   Antonym: depress
   The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.
   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; 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.

• cheerer-upper

to become happy

• Basque: animatu
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 振作 (zh) (zhènzuò), 振作起來 / 振作起来 (zh) (zhènzuò qǐlái)
• Czech: pookřát, vzmužit se
• Dutch: opfleuren (nl)
• Finnish: piristyä (fi), ilahtua (fi)
• German: bessere Laune bekommen, aufheitern (de) (transitive), aufmuntern (de) (transitive), fröhlicher stimmen
• Italian: incoraggiare (it), sostenere (it), invogliare (it), rallegrarsi (it)
• Japanese: 勇む (ja) (isamu), 勇み立つ (ja) (isamitatsu)
• Norwegian: muntre opp
• Polish: rozchmurzyć się
• 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)
• Tagalog: magsaya, sumaya
• Turkish: keyiflenmek (tr), neşelenmek (tr)

to make someone happy

• Amharic: አስደሰተ (ʾäsdäsätä)
• Basque: animatu
• Bulgarian: ободрявам (bg) (obodrjavam)
• Czech: povzbudit (cs)
• Dutch: opkikkeren (nl)
• Finnish: piristää (fi), ilahduttaa (fi)
• French: remonter le moral
• German: aufmuntern (de), ermuntern (de), ermutigen (de), erheitern (de)
• Greek: χαροποιώ (el) (charopoió), ενθαρύνω (entharýno)
• Hungarian: jókedvre derít, felvidít (hu)
• Ido: joyigar (io)
• Italian: sollevare il morale, rallegrare (it)
• Japanese: 励ます (ja) (hagemasu), 元気づける (げんきづける, genki-dzukeru)
• Latin: hilarō (la)
• Māori: whakahari
• 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), alegrar (es), beatificar (es)
• Swedish: muntra upp (sv)
• Tagalog: magpasaya
• Turkish: keyiflendirmek, neşelendirmek (tr)

cheer up

1. An encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy.
   Cheer up! Things could be worse.

an encouragement

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 開心點 / 开心点

• 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 (hu)

• 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

• Polish: głowa do góry (pl), uszy do góry (pl), śmiało (pl), odwagi

• 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)

• Pecheur, upcheer

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