cheerlessness
NounSynonyms:
uncheerfulness
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadnessSynonyms: uncheerfulnessOpposite blithenessType of sadness, unhappinessKinds joylessness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“cheerlessness” is listed under Cheerless.
Cheer′less adjective
Without joy, gladness, or comfort.
— Cheer′wb-a1′>′less·ly, adverb — Cheer′wb-a1′>′less·ness, noun
My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.— Edmund Spenser
Synonyms: Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54