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cheerless
[ cheer-lis ]
cheerless
/ ˈtʃɪəlɪs /
adjective
- dreary, gloomy, or pessimistic
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Derived Forms
- ˈcheerlessness, noun
- ˈcheerlessly, adverb
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Other Words From
- cheerless·ly adverb
- cheerless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cheerless1
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Example Sentences
Players adapted to a new world of isolation and cheerless games.
The current period, from the 1990s through today, is surprisingly cheerless.
It was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
Pools of water stood in the miry streets, and every aspect of nature was cheerless and desolate.
The night wind sweeps across the cheerless park, chilling us to the bone.
It is not, however, quite so barren and cheerless as in the immediate precincts of Dover.
It was a cheerless morning, the sky being heavy and of slaty hue, whilst a brisk north-easter blew cold off the water.
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