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
It did not look so long and narrow and the sunshine drove out the darkness and cheerlessness.
From The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics by Federal Board for Vocational Education
He knew from personal experience the cheerlessness of the house which has but lately harboured the dead.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger
A small hut now and then bursts upon the view, raising its lowly roof beneath the shelter of the mountain rock, and adds to the cheerlessness of the scene.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
