cheerful
adjective
full of cheer; in good spirits.
uncheerful
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a word derived from
cheerful.
Example Sentences
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I know this is another beastly uncheerful letter,—as bad as the last, and maybe worse,—but if you knew what we've just been through!
From Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
Still, marriage and motherhood have been her education; if the Connecticut, school-teacher had not realized her worth, she might have become what she dreaded her own daughters becoming—an old maid with uncheerful views of life.
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin Maria
Mrs. Noakes admitted with the grudgingness of a person of uncheerful temperament, that looks like that always would make talk.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Not that it was melancholy or even uncheerful, but simply serious.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Evelyn came in a few minutes later, pale and subdued, but not uncheerful.
From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Maud Diver
