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noun
happiness
Synonyms: animation, buoyancy, cheerfulness, cheeriness, comfort, delight, encouragement, exuberance, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, hilarity, hopefulness, jauntiness, jocundity, joy, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merry-making, mirth, optimism, solace
Antonyms: depression, gloom, gravity, melancholy, sadness, seriousness, unhappiness
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noun
applause, supportive yell
Synonyms: acclamation, approbation, approval, cry, encouragement, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, ovation, plaudits, roar, shout
Antonyms: boo
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verb
make someone feel happier
Synonyms: animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm
Antonyms: bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy
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verb
encourage in activity
Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, clap, hail, hurrah, plug, rise to, root, salute, sound off for, support, yell
Antonyms: discourage, dishearten, dissuade