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  • 81cheerfulness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Good humor Nouns 1. cheerfulness, geniality, gaiety, sunniness, good nature; cheer, good humor, high spirits, animal spirits; glee, light heart; optimism (See hope).Slang, joygerm fever. See pleasure. 2 …

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  • 82persuasive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inducive; cogent, convincing, logical; winning. See belief, cause. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. convincing, alluring, plausible, luring, seductive, wheedling, influential, winning, enticing,… …

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  • 83comforting — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cheering, encouraging, consoling, inspiriting, heartening, warming, solacing, consolatory, sustaining, reassuring, refreshing, upholding, succoring, relieving, soothing, assuaging, lightening, mitigating, alleviating,… …

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  • 84encouragement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of encouraging] Syn. urging, prodding, reassuring, reassurance, assuring, heartening, animating, abetment, abetting, backing, support, buoying up, cheering, solacing, motivating, supporting, helping, boosting,… …

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  • 85hopeful — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Optimistic] Syn. expectant, assured, sanguine, buoyant, enthusiastic, trustful, reassured, emboldened, full of hope, faithful, cheerful, anticipative, anticipating, trusting, inspirited, expecting, anticipatory, at ease …

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  • 86inspiring — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rousing, encouraging, inspirational, inspiriting, heartening, enlivening, animating, refreshing, exhilarating, uplifting, moving, stirring, stimuLating, motivating; see also exciting , moving 2 , stimuLating …

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  • 87stimuLating — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. intriguing, enlivening, arousing, high spirited, bracing, rousing, inspiriting, energetic, refreshing, exhilarating, warming, strengthening, enjoyable, health building, tonic, vivifying, sharp, keen, evocative, exciting,… …

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  • 88Cheerfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cheerfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cheerfulness cheerfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 geniality geniality gayety l allegro cheer good humor spirits Sgm: N 1 high spirits high spirits animal spirits …

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  • 89Hope — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hope >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hope hope hopes Sgm: N 1 desire desire &c. 865 Sgm: N 1 fervent hope fervent hope sanguine expectation trust confidence reliance Sgm: N 1 faith …

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  • 90cheerful — a. 1. Glad, lively, sprightly, animated, joyful, joyous, happy, light hearted, lightsome, blithe, mirthful, buoyant, gleeful, gay, cheery, airy, sunny, jocund, jolly, in good spirits, of good cheer, in high feather. 2. Gladdening, cheery,… …

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