'cheering' definitions:
Definition of 'cheering'
From: WordNet
adjective
Providing freedom from worry [syn: comforting, cheering, satisfying]
noun
Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators; "it's all over but the shouting" [syn: cheering, shouting]
Definition of 'cheering'
From: GCIDE
- Cheer \Cheer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheered (ch[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. cheering.]
- 1. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. --Cowpe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. [1913 Webster]
- The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase. [1913 Webster]
- To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.
- Syn: To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cheering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animating,
- assuring,
- auspicious,
- bracing,
- bright with promise,
- brisk,
- cheerful,
- cheery,
- comforting,
- condolatory,
- condolent,
- condoling,
- consolatory,
- consoling,
- cordial,
- crisp,
- crispy,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- enlivening,
- exhilarating,
- favorable,
- fresh,
- full of promise,
- glad,
- gladdening,
- heart-warming,
- heartening,
- hospitable,
- inspiring,
- inspiriting,
- invigorating,
- joyful,
- looking up,
- of good comfort,
- of promise,
- pregnant of good,
- promising,
- propitious,
- reassuring,
- refreshful,
- refreshing,
- regaling,
- relieving,
- rousing,
- stimulating,
- supportive,
- sympathetic,
- tonic,
- zestful,
- zesty