beamish

Thân thiện

A young boy has a beamish smile as he opens a gift.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Smiling with happiness or optimism: Describes a person who is beaming with a bright, cheerful, and optimistic smile.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The beamish child ran through the field, full of joy.
  • Her beamish expression was contagious, lifting everyone's spirits.

Advanced Usage

• Literary/Archaic Usage: The word "beamish" is now considered rare and is most famously associated with its use in Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" from .
  • "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!" (Lewis Carroll, "Jabberwocky").

Variants and Related Words

• Beam (verb): To smile radiantly or happily.
  • She beamed with pride at her daughter's graduation.
• Beaming (adjective): Radiantly cheerful or happy.
  • He had a beaming smile when he heard the good news.

Synonyms

• Beaming: Radiantly cheerful.
• Cheerful: Noticeably happy and optimistic.
• Radiant: Beaming with happiness, health, or confidence.
• Smiling: Having or characterized by a smile.

Antonyms

• Frowning: Having a facial expression indicating disapproval or displeasure.
• Gloomy: Dark or poorly lit; feeling distressed or pessimistic.
• Sullen: Bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. smiling with happiness or optimism
   • Come to my arms, my beamish boy!- Lewis Carroll
   • a room of smiling faces
   • a round red twinkly Santa Claus

Từ đồng nghĩa

• smiling
• twinkly