Cheer and Plain

Opposite meaning words

Cheer verb - Become cheerful.

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Plain is an antonym for cheer.

Plain verb - Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.

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Cheer is an antonym for plain.

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

endless	endless cheer	endless plain
single	single cheer	single plain
entire	entire cheer	entire plain
large	large cheer	large plain
Other adjectives: big, huge, little, bad, dark.

Chester and Spike were always the heroes of their shorts, and we're expected to cheer them on despite their goal in each and every one being to harass, torment and just plain beat the living shit out of poor Sylvester, who is always minding his own business and not doing anything wrong.

Source: Designated Hero / Western Animation
In the Don Rosa story "Return to Plain Awful," Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck visit the Lost World of Plain Awful, a Utopia where square things are prized, round things are illegal, and the people live "on good cheer" with no financial interests.

Source: Lame Pun Reaction

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