Cheer and Depression

Cheer

Cheer noun - A mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter.
Usage example: a birthday celebration filled with affection and cheer

Depression is an antonym for cheer in topics: happiness, applause.

Depression

Depression noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: we threw our friend a party just to jar him out of his depression

Cheer is an antonym for depression in topics: benefit, happiness, despair.

How words are described

human human cheer human depression
long long cheer long depression
genuine genuine cheer genuine depression
massive massive cheer massive depression
Other adjectives: extreme, little, bad, general, manic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Original / Protectors of the Plot Continuum Tickle Torture: Fittingly for her homefic, Agent Sarah uses this to try and cheer up the character who would become Agent Cupid (originally an embodiment of depression).
  • Video Game / Cry of Fear They are all either there to cheer someone up, or they are referring to depression and/or suicides.
  • But when Haruko fell into depression out of guilt, Inaho decided they should compete for him, to cheer her up — despite knowing she had no chance of winning.
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