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chere

chere

1 9.9
A person's mood or expression on their face
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : expresión
  • Despite the challenges she faced, her chere remained bright and optimistic.

Examples

  • He noticed that her chere changed when she heard the good news.

  • Your smile is the sun, ma chere.

  • "You had better watch out, ma chere."

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "Chere Ruby," the first one began.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Ah, chere Madame quelle surprise!

  • Little R: Thank heaven, chere grandmere, that I do not have your responsibilities.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Enchante, ma chere.

  • For ma chere Grandmere (and here LITTLE RED glares straight at the audience), I'd even kill you and you.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Exquisitely enraptured, ma chere.

  • The following evening, they argued over cocktails and dinner at the Ritz, wine and snails at Tour d'Argent the next, until at last Yvonne said, "It is, chere amie, a little late to change your mind."

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

cheer
vschere
153 1.0

A feeling of happiness that makes people less sad

is the older archaic spelling rather than the modern written form

How Cheerful

exuberance
27 6.7
merriment
14 3.4
chere
  • Archaic
1 9.9
calmness
9 2.7
gloom
46 3.2

Surface Forms

chere singular
cheres plural

Etymology

Chere The noun chere comes from old French chiere meaning 'face' or 'expression', and it is the same root as the modern words cheer and cheerful, so it moved from a person's 'face' to their 'mood'.