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cheerless
adjective cheer·less \-ləs\
: not causing happiness or warm feelings : bleak or gloomy
Full Definition of CHEERLESS
— cheer·less·ly adverb
— cheer·less·ness noun
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First Known Use of CHEERLESS
1579
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- Synonyms
- black, bleak, gloomy, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched
Synonym Discussion of CHEERLESS
dismal, dreary, bleak, gloomy, cheerless, desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess <dismal weather>. dreary, often interchangeable with dismal, emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility <a dreary job>. bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten <the bleak years of the depression>. gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise <gloomy war news>. cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering <a drab and cheerless office>. desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect <a desolate outpost>.
CHEERLESSNESS Defined for Kids
cheerless
adjective cheer·less \ˈchir-ləs\
Definition of CHEERLESS for Kids
: offering no happiness or cheer : gloomy <a cheerless room>
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