Cheerful and Mopey

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Cheerful adjective - Having or showing a good mood or disposition.

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Mopey is an antonym for cheerful.

Mopey adjective - Given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability.

Usage example: I don't know what's made him all mopey, but he's getting hard to live with

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Cheerful is an antonym for mopey in topics: depressed, unhappy, depressing.

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