Cheering and Grievous

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Cheering adjective - Making one feel good inside.

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Grievous is an antonym for cheering.

Nearby Words: cheer, cheerful, cheery, cheered, cheerfully

Grievous adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.

Usage example: the grievous cost of the war in human lives weighed heavily on the president's mind

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Cheering is an antonym for grievous.

Nearby Words: grieve, grieved, grieving, grievously

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