upcheer en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + cheer.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To cheer up.
The sad Briana which all this beheld ; Who comming forth yet full of late affray Sir Calidore upcheard
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upcheers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| upcheering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upcheered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upcheered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
enrapture · jollify · elevate · hearten · happy · beatify · make someone's day · rejoice · perk up · raise someone's spirits · cheer · blissen · content · fain · delight · laetificate · bright · gladden · exhilarate · enbliss · upcheer · elate · cheer up · begladden · elate · gay · gratify · happify · fetch · light up · gladden someone's heart · warm someone's heart · please · happify · turn the frown upside down · warm the cockles of someone's heart · cherish