well-cheeredadj.
/ˌwɛlˈtʃɪəd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈtʃɪ(ə)rd/ Now rare.
Of good cheer, cheerful.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective]
blithe971
gladOE
blithemod1065
jollya1350
well begonea1425
well-cheered1435
hearty1440
cheery1448
cheerfula1477
chereful1486
unsweera1500
cheerly1565
riant1567
hilaire1575
light-spirited1581
undistempered1589
comfortablea1593
well-humoured1600
good-humoured1604
rident1609
hoddy1664
chicket1682
mellow1711
blithesome1724
in spirits1747
winsome1787
hilarious1823
resilient1830
blithe-hearted1848
cheero1903
bucked1907
cheerio1918
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 89 Þer doutles welcheryd þa sal hym see.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) i. §3. 7 God lufis wele cherid gifers.
1576 A. Golding tr. Lyfe Shatilion sig. Diiii The Prince of Condeies men being now wel cheered and full of good hope, went to beseege Sharters.
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica i. xlii. 15 And now he thinkes his foolish pitty erred, And setting light his issue, seemes well cheared.
1655 in J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ 4 Next morning e're the Sun appear'd, Our Horses and our selves well chear'd; To Epsam Well we ask'd the way.
1794 Oracle & Public Advertiser 21 Mar. The promise was made over a full jorum of grog, and that all parties then present were pretty well cheered.
1908 R. W. Gilder Poems 248 And hearts that late were famished and afeared Leap to the Voice and onward fare well cheered.
2000 B. M. Stilwell et al. Right vs. Wrong ii. 30 Our children enter first grade feeling basically good about themselves; well-cheered for natural development.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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