Definition of uncheerful Uncheerful

un•cheer•ful

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WordNet

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Adjective

uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
  depressing, cheerless
  cheerful being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"
  joyless not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
  unhappy experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
  cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine a cry or shout of approval
  dismal, drear, disconsolate, dreary, gloomy, dingy, sorry, drab, grim, blue, dark filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
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  • uncheerful
    un-chēr′fōōl, adj. not cheerful, gloomy: grudging.—n. Uncheer′fulness

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