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.

Derived terms

• uncheerfully
• uncheerfulness