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cheering

Meaning of cheering

adjective
  1. shouting for joy or in praise or encouragement.
    a cheering crowd
  2. giving comfort or support.
    cheering news
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. shout for joy or in praise or encouragement.
    she cheered from the sidelines
  2. give comfort or support to.
    he seemed greatly cheered by my arrival

Middle English: from Old French chiere ‘face’, from late Latin cara, from Greek kara ‘head’. The original sense was ‘face’, hence ‘expression, mood’, later specifically ‘a good mood’.

Hyphenation of cheering

cheer-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 letters.
  • cheering is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cheering synonyms

Meaning comforting:

comforting, satisfying

Meaning shouting:

shouting

Meaning give support, confidence, or hope to (someone):

encourage

Meaning provide (someone) with a reason for doing something:

motivate

Meaning (of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion:

rally

Meaning fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative:

inspire

Meaning discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile):

fire

Meaning encourage and enliven (someone):

inspirit

Meaning make or become more light:

brighten

Meaning make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing:

enliven

Meaning bring to life:

animate

Meaning make (someone) ecstatically happy:

elate

Meaning make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated:

exhilarate

Meaning make more cheerful or confident:

hearten

Meaning make glad:

gladden

Meaning raise the level of; improve:

uplift

Meaning ease the grief or distress of:

comfort

Meaning give comfort or consolation to:

solace

Meaning comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment:

console

cheering antonyms

Meaning cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm:

discourage

Meaning make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected:

depress