cheerless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- cheerlessly adverb
- cheerlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of cheerless
Example Sentences
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But in the camp's cheerless food market we met women who pointed out that their children are guilty of nothing and pleaded for them to have a normal life.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Our beginning-of-the-year customs go hand in hand with its bleakness as we choose to make ourselves more cheerless by abstaining from things we enjoy, while pushing ourselves towards the more mundane and less exciting.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025
Cashiers at the supermarket knew them as a quiet, cheerless family that shopped several times a week.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
“It’s nothing fancy,” the employer says, clearly believing otherwise, as the nanny’s smile fades in the gray, cheerless light.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022
The hobbits were glad to leave the cheerless lands and the perilous Road behind them; but this new country seemed threatening and unfriendly.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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