chirpy

Used in British English to describe someone who is cheerful and lively.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif utilisé en anglais britannique pour décrire une personne joyeuse, pleine d'entrain et d'énergie, souvent avec un caractère enjoué et optimiste.

1. Making short, high-pitched sounds B1 informal

   Describing birds or insects that are making cheerful, repetitive, high-pitched sounds.

   • The garden was full of chirpy sparrows in the morning.
   • A chirpy cricket kept us company all night.
   • The chirpy robin sang from the fence.

   🇫🇷pousser des petits cris aigus

2. Cheerful and lively B1 informal

   Having a lively, cheerful, and lighthearted manner or mood.

   • She was surprisingly chirpy despite the early hour.
   • He gave a chirpy wave as he walked past.
   • The children were chirpy and full of energy after the break.

   🇫🇷enjoué, guilleret

   Synonymes: brightbuoyantcheerfulcheeryhappyjauntyjollylivelysprightlysunny

   Antonymes: depresseddismalgloomymelancholymorosesadsullen

• chirpier comparative form
• chirpiest superlative form