sunny

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Featuring a lot of sunshine.

   • Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
2. 2

   Receiving a lot of sunshine.

   • the sunny side of a hill
   • I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
3. 3

   Cheerful.

   • a person with a sunny disposition
   • My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
   • A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
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   1. 4

      Of or relating to the sun

      Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

      • sunny beams
      • the four winds blow in from every coast Renownèd suitors, and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece
   2. 5

      sunny side up

   3. 6

      A sunfish.

   4. 7

      A unisex given name.

      • Sunny White was apprehended in Flathead County Friday on a warrant out of Lake County charging her with vehicular homicide while under the influence in the March 2023 death of 22-year-old Mika Westwolf.
   5. 8

      A surname.

   6. 9

      A diminutive of the male given name Sunil.

   7. 10

      A diminutive of the female given name Sunita.

   8. 11

      A diminutive of the unisex given name Sundeep.

The neighborhood

• synonymbrightday
• synonymsunshinyday
• synonymsunlit
• synonymcheerful