Cheer
Cheer verb - To ease the grief or distress of.
Usage example: let's hope that these flowers will cheer my ailing aunt at least a little
Upset
How words are described
| good | good cheer | good upset |
| usual | usual cheer | usual upset |
| massive | massive cheer | massive upset |
| large | large cheer | large upset |
| Other adjectives: extreme, huge, little, remarkable, bigger, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- A cinematic in Samurai Warriors: Empires has Nobunaga trying to cheer up Nene when she's upset by her husband's philandering.
Source: Pet The Dog / Video Games -
The children in the second season of Junior as well, especially during the first episode where every one of them gathered around to cheer up a girl who had gotten upset from making a mistake.
Source: Series / MasterChef - In Wing Commander III when first visiting the bar we get a scene where Hobbes walks in, Cobra storms out since she hates Kilrathi, and Vagabond tries to cheer Hobbes up who is upset that she is so angry with him.
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