UNCHEERFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Not conducive to cheer or good spirits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("uncheerfulness" is a kind of...):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncheerfulness"):

gloominess; lugubriousness; sadness (the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness)

Holonyms ("uncheerfulness" is a part of...):

disposition; temperament (your usual mood)

Antonym:

cheerfulness (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom)

Derivation:

uncheerful (causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy)

Meaning:

A feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness

Synonyms:

cheerlessness; uncheerfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("uncheerfulness" is a kind of...):

sadness; unhappiness (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncheerfulness"):

joylessness (a feeling of dismal cheerlessness)

Derivation:

uncheerful (causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy)