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UNCHEERFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Example:
an uncheerful place
Synonyms:
cheerless; depressing; uncheerful
Classified under:
Similar:
blue; dark; dingy; disconsolate; dismal; drab; drear; dreary; gloomy; grim; sorry (causing dejection)
melancholy; somber; sombre (grave or even gloomy in character)
Also:
unhappy (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
joyless (not experiencing or inspiring joy)
Attribute:
cheer; cheerfulness; sunniness; sunshine (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom)
Derivation:
uncheerfulness (not conducive to cheer or good spirits)
uncheerfulness (a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness)
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