gemütlich

as in cheerful

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Adjective
  • Leaders who rely too heavily on a cheerful facade risk creating a culture where pressing issues go unaddressed.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Save: La Santa Open for lunch and dinner, this restaurant offers tacos, enchiladas, and other Mexican favorites in a cheerful, modern space.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Onstage, Wood is unhurried, an amiable man who, despite being 46, has the countenance of a churchgoing grandfather who still starches his Sunday suit.
    Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Jerry Eisenberg, the amiable animator known for his contributions to The Jetsons, The Peter Potamus Show, Wacky Races, Fangface, Spider-Man cartoons, Scooby-Doo movies and so much more, has died.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico With its blue cobblestoned streets and homes splashed with cheery pastel colors, Old San Juan is a flaneur’s paradise.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This episode takes place entirely inside a children’s mental-health facility, which seems both intentionally cheery and notably depressing.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • People who won’t feel comfortable going to the Kennedy Center can still come to my show.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Choose from 31 colors and patterns, and enjoy the flowy material that one shopper called lightweight, comfortable, and easy to pack.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As Frank, De Niro is all genial shrugs and winces, chattering in a recognizable lower register and grinning his classic jowly grin.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The sinking feeling is real when: Our otherwise genial neighbor up north is contemplating cutting electricity to our northeastern states, even considering closing their crude oil valve to our refineries.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Far from being mere congenial partnerships, most nineteenth- and twentieth-century alliances were complex and multipurpose arrangements used by great powers to restrain, control, and influence other purportedly friendly states.
    Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
  • President Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is the congenial dealmaker for the very brash dealmaker-in-chief.
    Axios, Axios, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Nevertheless, his TikTok video was a delightful reminder of the past.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Conclusion National Sloppy Joe Day on March 18 offers a delightful opportunity to indulge in this classic sandwich, whether in its traditional form or with a modern twist like cannabis infusion.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Keep an eye out for a venue with a long line of residents outside—a surefire indicator of the delicious food that awaits, worthy of your precious port time.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The event will feature live rockabilly and early rock & roll music, delicious light bites, live plein air painters, an auction and more.
    Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Gemütlich.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gem%C3%BCtlich. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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