• Icalasari@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m just going to counter your pedantry with three of the literal definitions for cheering

    cheer
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    verb
    cheered; cheering; cheers

    2
    : to grow or be cheerful : rejoice
    —usually used with up
    Cheer up! Things could be worse.

    transitive verb
    1
    a
    : to make glad or happy
    —usually used with up
    clowns who cheer up children in hospitals

    He laughed at their deaths. That effectively falls under three of the definitions well enough