Usually means: Optimistic, naive, excessively cheerful person.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word pollyanna:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pollyanna, Pollyanna: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Pollyanna: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pollyanna: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pollyanna: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pollyanna, pollyanna: Wordnik
  6. pollyanna: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Pollyanna, pollyanna: Wiktionary
  8. Pollyanna: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Pollyanna: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Pollyanna: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Pollyanna: Dictionary.com
  12. Pollyanna: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Pollyanna (album), Pollyanna (band), Pollyanna (disambiguation), Pollyanna: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. pollyanna: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. Pollyanna: The Word Detective
  16. Pollyanna: Dictionary/thesaurus
  17. Pollyanna: World Wide Words

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  1. Pollyanna: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. pollyanna, pollyanna: A Word A Day
  3. Pollyanna: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pollyanna: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pollyannaish as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pollyanna)

▸ noun:  A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
▸ noun:  One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
▸ noun:  (colloquial, Mid-Atlantic US, Southeastern Pennsylvania) A secret Santa gift exchange.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of Pollyanna [A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.]

Similar:
Polly Anna, Polly-Anna, Polyanna, Polly, anna, Anne, pollie, Lowanna, Pnina, Polidora, more...

Types:
optimist, idealist, more...

Phrases:
pollyanna whittier, Pollyanna McIntosh, Pollyanna principle, Pollyanna Woodward, Pollyanna Grows Up, more...

Adjectives:
little, such, hour, dimpled, regular, poor, wonderful, observed, old, weary, feminine

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    sunshine yellow,     sky blue,     rose pink,     mint green,     lavender, more...
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Similar:
Polly Anna, Polly-Anna, Polyanna, Polly, anna, Anne, pollie, Lowanna, Pnina, Polidora, more...

Types:
optimist, idealist, more...

Phrases:
pollyanna whittier, Pollyanna McIntosh, Pollyanna principle, Pollyanna Woodward, Pollyanna Grows Up, pollyanna optimism, more...

Adjectives:
little, such, hour, dimpled, regular, poor, wonderful, observed, old, weary, feminine

Colors:
    sunshine yellow,     sky blue,     rose pink,     mint green,     lavender, more...



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