cheerless

pronunciation

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Adjective:

lacking cheer; depressing

Word Origin

cheerless (adj.): "devoid of comfort," 1570s, from cheer (n.) + -less. Related: Cheerlessly; cheerlessness.

Synonym

adj.

downcast heartsick depressed melancholy forlorn black woebegone somber downhearted dispirited glum unhappy sombre grim dejected saturnine joyless discouraged disheartened heavy-hearted gloomy despondent despairing dark disconsolate

adj.

bleak dull comfortless gloomy funereal sombre dismal dreary depressing

Antonym

adj.

Example

1. One who is really at home never feels cold and cheerless .

2. And in the parade this several days , it seemed unusually cold and cheerless .

3. Popular housing shall be as cheerless as a prison .

4. Landscapes are rather cheerless here .

5. Today is a cheerless rainy day .

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