cheerless
adjective
without cheer; joyless; gloomy.
cheerlessness
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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
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 Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
The chill and cheerlessness of it all was reaching at the hearts of the boy and girl who were at the moment of parting.
From The Heart of Unaga by Ridgwell Cullum
The cheerlessness of the house had struck him and the somber room, decorated, if one calls it decoration, with faded steel engravings of Landseer hunting dogs guarding dead birds and rabbits, impressed him.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
