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  • 101cheerful — cheerful, cheery For the ordinary meanings ‘full of cheer, cheering, gladdening’, cheerful is the usual word, and can be applied to a person or a person s appearance or disposition, as well as to utterances and activities (e.g. cheerful banter /… …

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  • 102cheery — cheerful, cheery For the ordinary meanings ‘full of cheer, cheering, gladdening’, cheerful is the usual word, and can be applied to a person or a person s appearance or disposition, as well as to utterances and activities (e.g. cheerful banter /… …

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  • 103amusement — [n1] entertaining, making someone laugh action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day*, fun, fun and games*, gladdening, gratification, grins*, high time*, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs*, laughter,… …

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  • 104amusing — [adj] entertaining, funny agreeable, boffo*, camp, campy, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up*, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, for grins*, fun, gladdening, gratifying, gut busting*, humorous …

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  • 105exhilarating — [adj] stimulating, cheering animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking, electric, elevating, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, eye popping*, gladdening, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating,… …

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  • 106heartwarming — [adj] pleasant cheering, encouraging, exhilarating, gladdening, heartening, heartfelt, inspiring, joyous, loving, stirring, sweet; concepts 542,548,572 …

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  • 107relieve — [ri lēv′] vt. relieved, relieving [ME releven < OFr relever < L relevare, to lift up again < re , again + levare, to raise: see LEVER] 1. a) to ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.) b) to free (a person) from pain, discomfort,… …

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  • 108heart-warming — ▶ adjective TOUCHING, moving, heartening, stirring, uplifting, pleasing, cheering, gladdening, encouraging, gratifying. Opposites distressing. * * * ˈheart warming [heart warming] adjective causing feelings of happiness and pleasure • a heart… …

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  • 109sight for sore eyes — phrasal : one whose appearance or arrival is an occasion for joy or relief : a gladdening or heartening sight * * * sight for sore eyes A most welcome sight • • • Main Entry: ↑sight …

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  • 110KETUBBOT — KETUBBAH (Heb.כְּתֻבּוֹת; Marriage Contracts ), second tractate in the order Nashim, dealing with rights and duties arising out of the contract of marriage. Ketubbah, literally, that which is written, denotes in this tractate not so much the… …

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