beamish

1 9.9

Smiling brightly because you feel happy

adjective

Archaic

: radiante

The child's face was beamish as she opened her birthday presents.

Examples

Come to my arms, my beamish boy.

Jabberwocky (1977)
Then jump right down here, my beamish boy.

Love Crazy (1941)
Where had he come from, this beamish youth?

Fiction book (1990)
He had a beamish smile on his face after hearing the good news.
Her beamish laughter filled the room with joy and warmth.

Synonyms

bright

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226 1.0

Full of happiness and cheer

leans more poetic and radiant in describing facial optimism

jolly

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100 1.0

Happy and lively in a friendly way

stays more literary and focused on a radiant, smiling optimism

cheerful

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99 1.0

Happy in a way you show with a smile or friendly actions

is a literary description stressing radiant smiling optimism rather than plain cheer

smiling

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83 1.0

Having a smile that shows happiness or friendliness

is a poetic, radiantly optimistic facial expression rather than a plain one

upbeat

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76 3.8

Feeling cheerful and hopeful, sometimes too positive for the situation

is a literary radiant optimism grounded in genuine joyful expression

joyful

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73 1.0

Feeling or showing great happiness

is a gentler literary form of outward optimistic feeling

joyous

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56 1.8

Feeling very happy and showing it

is more about a quietly radiant optimistic expression in literary style

bubbly

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19 3.2

Full of cheerful energy and excitement

is calmer and more poetic, highlighting a radiant optimistic smile

light-hearted

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14 3.5

Happy and not serious

centres on a radiant smiling optimism rather than general carefreeness

jubilant

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14 5.0

Feeling very happy because of a success or a good event

focuses on a steady radiant optimism rather than event-based celebration

jovial

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13 3.9

Happy and friendly in a lively, joking way

is less about sociability and more about a poetic radiant look

beaming

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13 2.5

Smiling very widely and looking clearly happy

is a literary form focusing on a gentle radiant smile and optimism

sanguine

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12 7.4

Cheerful and hopeful in a difficult situation

is more focused on an outward radiant smile rather than resilient hope

gleeful

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11 1.2

Very happy and excited in a playful way

is more restrained and poetic, emphasizing a radiant optimistic smile

effervescent

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8 7.1

Having lively, cheerful energy that makes others feel excited

is less energetic and more quietly radiant and optimistic in tone

ebullient

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6 8.2

Very lively and full of energy

is more moderate and poetic, focusing on a radiant smiling optimism

twinkly

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4 4.4

Showing bright, friendly eyes or a warm smile

is similarly radiant but used in literary tone rather than visual sparkle

hopey

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Slang

2 8.6

Feeling light and cheerful that good things will happen

is literary and radiant rather than casual or playful optimism

mirthful

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1 6.3

Full of joy and laughter

is more about a calm radiant optimism than loud mirth

lightful

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Archaic

1 8.9

Cheerful and lively in a way that makes people happy

is more about a poetic radiant expression than causing lightness

gladsome

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Archaic

1 9.0

Feeling happy and cheerful

is more specifically a literary radiant smile filled with optimism

lightsome

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Archaic

1 9.9

Feeling carefree and cheerful without worry

matches literary tone but focuses more on a radiant smile and optimism

yeppity

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Slang

9.9

Feeling very happy, excited, and full of energy

is more serene and poetic, centred on a radiant smiling look

Antonyms

sad

∞ 1.0

Feeling unhappy or upset because of something

gloomy

29 2.5

Feeling sad and without much hope

How Happy

radiant

59 4.1

beamish

Archaic

1 9.9

smiling

83 1.0

Surface Forms

beamish positive

Morphology

beamish = beam (transparent) = beam + ish

Clearly formed from 'beam' + the adjectival suffix '-ish', so the meaning 'radiant/smiling' is directly derived, though the word is literary or archaic.

Etymology

Beamish comes from the word beam, which used to mean a 'ray of light' and later 'to shine' or smile brightly. So, beamish describes someone 'shining' with happiness, like a bright, smiling face.