CHEERLESS

depressing, cheerless, uncheerful

(adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; “the economic outlook is depressing”; “something cheerless about the room”; “a moody and uncheerful person”; “an uncheerful place”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cheerless (comparative more cheerless, superlative most cheerless)

Devoid of cheer; gloomy.

Synonym: Thesaurus:sad

Antonym: cheerful

Anagrams

• Scheelers, rechlesse

Source: Wiktionary


Cheer"less, a.

Definition: Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

– Cheer"less*ly, adv.

– Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser.

Syn.

– Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; dicsconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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