单词 | cheerer-upper |
释义 | cheerer-uppern. A person who or thing which cheers someone up. Cf. to cheer up at cheer v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers gladderc1405 blithera1525 lifter1535 heartener1601 enlivener1774 sunbeam1872 ray of sunshine1885 cheerer-upper1907 1907 San Antonio (Texas) Light 15 Dec. 16/3 The pretty compliment about my writing was gratefully filed away as a ‘cheerer-upper’. 1968 N. Coward Diary 3 Nov. (2000) 669 I went to dear Princess Marina's memorial service at the Abbey which was fairly miserable, and lunched afterwards with Mollie Buccleuch, which was a cheerer-upper. 2004 L. Marney No Wonder I take Drink ii. 27 I stepped into my more usual role of cheerer-upper for burnt-out GPs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1907 |
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