cheer up
phrasal verb
cheered up; cheering up; cheers up
1
: to make (someone) happier
We tried our best to cheer the children up.
2
: to become happier
They cheered up at the mention of her name.
Cheer up—things will get better!
3
: to make (something) more cheerful or pleasant
Bright colors really cheer up a room.
Examples of cheer up in a Sentence
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Maybe this news will finally get Sadness to cheer up a bit?
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 July 2024
In order to cheer up her mother, Khosravi was constantly showing her videos of nomadic migrations.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2024
Of course, each episode features Frog cheering up Toad about something, Toad groaning and worrying, and their forest friends playing supporting roles in their adventures.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 11 June 2024
Maybe Strait can cheer up the moody Swift and bring her down south from Destin.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024
The conceit is simple and strangely moving: a young boy creates a list of things that make life worth living to cheer up his depressed mother who attempted suicide.
—Chris Bellamy and Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 10 May 2024
Vanessa Guzman described her sister as a bit of a joker, giggling, dancing around and making faces to cheer up someone who was upset.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
But, when Klaus' toys begin to cheer up the children of Smeerensburg — a town whose inhabitants are perpetually engaged in a feud between two familial clans — Jesper and Klaus must step out of their comfort zones to help save the town from itself.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2023
Whitfield’s character was the granddaughter of Major General Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger), a hotel owner who gets some cheering up courtesy of Irving Berlin tunes and characters played by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
—Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 July 2024
In order to cheer up her mother, Khosravi was constantly showing her videos of nomadic migrations.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2024
Of course, each episode features Frog cheering up Toad about something, Toad groaning and worrying, and their forest friends playing supporting roles in their adventures.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 11 June 2024
Maybe Strait can cheer up the moody Swift and bring her down south from Destin.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024
The conceit is simple and strangely moving: a young boy creates a list of things that make life worth living to cheer up his depressed mother who attempted suicide.
—Chris Bellamy and Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 10 May 2024
Vanessa Guzman described her sister as a bit of a joker, giggling, dancing around and making faces to cheer up someone who was upset.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
But, when Klaus' toys begin to cheer up the children of Smeerensburg — a town whose inhabitants are perpetually engaged in a feud between two familial clans — Jesper and Klaus must step out of their comfort zones to help save the town from itself.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2023
Whitfield’s character was the granddaughter of Major General Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger), a hotel owner who gets some cheering up courtesy of Irving Berlin tunes and characters played by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
—Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Cheer up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheer%20up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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