cheerless
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of cheerless
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Cheerless Charlie flounders to the opposite curb, climbs out, observes with dismay that his knickers are filled with water �they look like two giant links of knackwurst.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cheerless Prospect Sirs: Things look good in Europe, but bad here.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cheerless last week was the Federal Farm Board's first birthday.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cheerless and grief-stricken, she seemed as if going down into the nether depths.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Cheerless winter must I prove, Absent from, the maid I love; But the joys our meetings bring, Show the glad return of spring.
From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by O'Keeffe, John
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