1 definition by HarryWinchester
Happy, sunny. Something that makes you happy is cheery, and people are cheery when they are in a good mood.
Cheery is an old fashioned term, and is now used primarily in sarcastic comments, where the word "cheery" actually means "depressing."
Cheery is an old fashioned term, and is now used primarily in sarcastic comments, where the word "cheery" actually means "depressing."
As in:
"I heard you whistling. You must be in a cheery mood."
Or sarcastically:
"Hearing about that suicide was definitely cheery."
"I heard you whistling. You must be in a cheery mood."
Or sarcastically:
"Hearing about that suicide was definitely cheery."
by HarryWinchester November 1, 2007