| cheer | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine |
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| (noun) a cry or shout of approval | - |
| (verb) become cheerful | Synonyms: cheer up, chirk up |
| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: barrack, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| (verb) show approval or good wishes by shouting | - |
| (verb) cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful | Synonyms: cheer up, jolly along, jolly up |
| (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: embolden, hearten, recreate |
| sheer | (adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down |
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| (adjective) not mixed with extraneous elements | Synonyms: plain, unmingled, unmixed |
| (adjective) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front | Synonyms: bluff, bold |
| (adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous |
| (adverb) completely | - |
| (adverb) straight up or down without a break | Synonyms: perpendicularly |
| (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
| (verb) cause to sheer | - |