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1 cheerful
adjective (full of, or causing, happiness: a cheerful smile; cheerful news.) glaðvær; uppörvandi -
2 hearty
1) (very friendly: a hearty welcome.) hjartanlegur2) (enthusiastic: a hearty cheer.) hressilegur, ákafur3) (very cheerful; too cheerful: a hearty person/laugh.) glaðvær4) ((of meals) large: He ate a hearty breakfast.) sem er vel úti látinn5) ((of a person's appetite) large.) lystugur, sem hefur góða matarlyst -
3 alacrity
[ə'lækrəti](quick and cheerful willingness: He obeyed with alacrity.) röskleiki, fúsleiki -
4 altogether
[o:ltə'ɡeðə]1) (completely: I'm not altogether satisfied.) með öllu, gersamlega2) (on the whole and considering everything: I'm wet, I'm tired and I'm cold. Altogether I'm not feeling very cheerful.) með tilliti til alls -
5 booster
1) (a person or thing that boosts: That was a real morale booster for me (= That made me feel more cheerful and optimistic).) hvatamaður; hvati2) (a device for increasing power, force etc: I've fixed a booster on the TV aerial to improve the signal.) magnari3) (the first stage of a rocket that works by several stages.) fyrsta þrep eldflaugar -
6 bright
1) (shining with much light: bright sunshine.) bjartur, skær2) ((of a colour) strong and bold: a bright red car.) skær3) (cheerful: a bright smile.) hÿr, glaðlegur4) (clever: bright children.) greindur•- brightly- brightness
- brighten -
7 cheer
[ iə] 1. noun1) (a shout of approval, encouragement or welcome: Three cheers for the Queen!) fagnaðaróp2) (mood: Be of good cheer.) hugarástand, skap2. verb(to give a shout of approval etc (to): The crowd cheered the new champion.) fagna- cheerful- cheerfully
- cheerfulness
- cheerless
- cheers!
- cheery
- cheerily
- cheeriness
- cheer up -
8 cheer up
(to make or become (more cheerful): He cheered up when he saw her; The flowers will cheer her up.) hressa, kæta; verða léttari í geði -
9 chipper
[' ipə(r)](cheerful and lively: You seem very chipper today.) -
10 dark
1. adjective1) (without light: a dark room; It's getting dark; the dark (= not cheerful) side.) myrkur, dimmur2) (blackish or closer to black than white: a dark red colour; a dark (= not very white or fair) complexion; Her hair is dark.) dökkur3) (evil and usually secret: dark deeds; a dark secret.) leynilegur, dulinn2. noun(absence of light: in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening.) myrkur- darken- darkness
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11 elated
[i'leitid](very cheerful: She felt elated after winning.) glaður, í sjöunda himni- elation -
12 gay
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13 grim
[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) andstyggilegur, óhugnanlegur2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) reiðilegur3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) ósveigjanlegur•- grimness- grimly
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14 happy-go-lucky
adjective (not worrying about what might happen: cheerful and happy-go-lucky.) kærulaus, léttlyndur -
15 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) hjarta2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) hjarta, miðja3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) mannlegar tilfinningar4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) kjarkur; barráttuþrek5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) hjarta6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) hjarta•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) einlægar samræður- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
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16 irrepressible
[iri'presəbl](not able to be subdued; very cheerful.) sem ekkert fær haldið niðri -
17 jaunty
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18 jolly
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19 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) ljós, birta2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) ljós3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) eldur; eldpÿta, kveikjari4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) í (jákvæðu) ljósi2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) bjartur2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ljós-3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) lÿsa2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) kveikja•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) léttur2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) léttur, vægur3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) léttur, auðmeltur4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) of léttur5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) léttur6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) léttur á sér7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) léttur, líflegur8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) léttur9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) gljúpur, sendinn•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) -
20 merry
['meri]1) (cheerful; noisily or laughingly lively etc: merry children; a merry party.) glaðlegur, líflegur2) (slightly drunk: He's been getting merry on whisky.) góðglaður, hreifur•- merrily- merriness
- merriment
- merry-go-round
- merrymaking
- merrymaker
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