English
Pronunciation
Verb
cheer up (third-person singular simple present cheers up, present participle cheering up, simple past and past participle cheered up)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become happier or less downcast.
- Synonyms: blithen, liven up, perk up
I cheered up after seeing the results.
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
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)
- Turkish: keyiflenmek (tr), neşelenmek (tr)
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to make someone happy
- 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)
- 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)
- Turkish: keyiflendirmek, neşelendirmek (tr)
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Interjection
cheer up
- An encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy.
Cheer up! Things could be worse.
Translations
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)
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