ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

e relieved; breathe more freely, draw a long breath; take comfort; dry the tears, dry
the eyes, wipe the tears, wipe the eyes.
Adj. relieving &c v.; consolatory, soothing; assuaging, assuasive † ; balmy, balsamic;
lenitive, palliative; anodyne &c (remedial) 662; curative &c 660.
Phr. here comes a man of comfort [Measure for Measure].
835. Aggravation -- N. aggravation, worsening, heightening; exacerbation; exasperation;
overestimation &c 482; exaggeration &c 549.
V. aggravate, render worse, heighten, embitter, sour; exacerbate; exasperate, envenom;
enrage, provoke, tease.
add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flame; fan the flame &c (excite) 824; go from bad
to worse &c (deteriorate) 659.
Adj. aggravated &c v.; worse, unrelieved; aggravable † ; aggravating &c v..
Adv. out of the frying pan into the fire, from bad to worse, worse and worse.
Int. so much the worse!,
836. Cheerfulness -- N. cheerfulness &c adj.; geniality, gayety, l'allegro [Fr.], cheer,
good humor, spirits; high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits; glee, high glee, light
heart; sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast; gaiete de coeur [Fr.], bon naturel
[Fr.].
liveliness &c adj.; life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse † ; jocundity, joviality,
jollity; levity; jocularity &c (wit) 842.
mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration; laughter &c 838; merrymaking &c
(amusement) 840; heyday, rejoicing &c 838; marriage bell.
nepenthe, Euphrosyne † , sweet forgetfulness.
optimism &c (hopefulness) 858; self complacency; hedonics † , hedonism.
V. be cheerful &c adj.; have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's
spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose [Fr.]; ridentem
dicere virum [Lat.], cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away
care, drive dull care away, perk up.
keep a stiff upper lip.
rejoice &c 838; carol, chirrup, lilt; frisk, rollick, give a loose to mirth.
cheer, enliven, elate, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, animate, raise the spirits, inspire;
perk up; put in good humor; cheer the heart, rejoice the heart; delight &c (give pleasure)
829.
Adj. cheerful; happy &c 827; cheery, cheerly † ; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits,
in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper [U.S.]; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the
day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light
hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty † , jaunty, canty † ; hedonic † ;
riant † ; sprightly, sprightful † ; spry; spirited, spiritful † ; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as
a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive.
sunny, palmy; hopeful &c 858.
merry as a cricket, merry as a grig † , merry as a marriage bell; joyful, joyous, jocund,
jovial; jolly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy † ; blithesome; gleeful, gleesome † ; hilarious,
rattling.
winsome, bonny, hearty, buxom.