sunny

sunny
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. warm, bright, sunshiny; cheerful, cheery, blithe; prosperous, palmy, halcyon. See heat, cheerfulness. Ant., cloudy, morose.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Full of sunshine]
Syn. shining, brilliant, sunshiny; see bright 1 .
2. [Cheerful]
Syn. bright, cheery, blithe, genial; see happy 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. clear bright, radiant, brilliant, cloudless, dazzling, blazing, sunshiny, golden, *honeyed light, clement.
2. happy cheerful, cheery, beaming, smiling, optimistic, blithe, lighthearted, joyous, mirthful, buoyant.
ANT.: 1. cloudy, gloomy, dark, overcast. 2. grim, gloomy, miserable, unhappy
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Free from clouds or mist, for example: clear, cloudless, fair, fine1, unclouded. See CLEAR. 2. Being in or showing good spirits: bright, cheerful, cheery, chipper, happy, light-hearted. See HAPPY.

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