cheerlessness
- a word derived from cheerless.
Example Sentences
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The bright and blue-skied backdrop is utterly at odds with the cheerlessness deliciously conjured by Tolkien.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013
That night, its air striking power destroyed, the Japanese invasion armada turned in "emptiness, cheerlessness and chagrin" and limped for home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three hunted Jacobites, dragging themselves forward drearily, found the situation one of utter cheerlessness.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
We hoped to find in the grounds some compensation for the cheerlessness of the interior of the castle; but here again we were doomed to disappointment.
From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
And it seemed to her that they alone could be counted happy who knew how to lighten a little the cheerlessness and gloom.
From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule
