NOUN | feeling | uncheerfulness, cheerlessness | a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness |
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attribute | uncheerfulness | not conducive to cheer or good spirits |
Meaning | A feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness. | |
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Synonym | cheerlessness | |
Narrower | joylessness | A feeling of dismal cheerlessness |
Broader | sadness, unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
Opposite | cheerfulness, blitheness | A feeling of spontaneous good spirits |
Adjectives | uncheerful | causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
Meaning | not conducive to cheer or good spirits. | |
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Part of | disposition, temperament | Your usual / usual mood |
Narrower | gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness | The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness |
Broader | attribute | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity |
Opposite | cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine | The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom |
Spanish | melancolía, taciturnidad, tristeza | |
Catalan | malencolia, melangia, tristesa | |
Adjectives | uncheerful | causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
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