uncheerful

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ cheerful.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/

Adjective

uncheerful (comparative more uncheerful, superlative most uncheerful)

  1. Not cheerful.
    Synonyms: cheerless, despondent, uncheery; see also Thesaurus:cheerless, Thesaurus:sad
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      But by the change of her unchearefull looke, / They might perceive she was not well in plight […].
    • 2007 November 30, “Familiar With Emo, Intimate With Upbeat”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      For now, though, Paramore gets by on good cheer, even during seemingly uncheerful songs.

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