Cheerlessness

Cheerlessness
Cheerless Cheer"less, a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- {Cheer"less*ly}, adv. -- {Cheer"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night. --Spenser.

Syn: Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • cheerlessness — index damper (depressant), pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • cheerlessness — cheerless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ gloomy; depressing. DERIVATIVES cheerlessly adverb cheerlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • cheerlessness — noun see cheerless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cheerlessness — See cheerlessly. * * * …   Universalium

  • cheerlessness — noun the state of being cheerless …   Wiktionary

  • cheerlessness — n. gloominess, dreariness, lack of cheer …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cheerlessness — cheer·less·ness …   English syllables

  • cheerlessness — noun a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness • Syn: ↑uncheerfulness • Ant: ↑cheerfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑uncheerful (for: ↑uncheerfulness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • uncheerfulness — noun 1. a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness • Syn: ↑cheerlessness • Ant: ↑cheerfulness (for: ↑cheerlessness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑uncheerful, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • joylessness — noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑joyless • Hypernyms: ↑cheerlessness, ↑uncheerfulness …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”