Cheerlessness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cheerless \Cheer"less\, a.
     Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- {Cheer"less*ly}, adv.
     -- {Cheer"less*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.


                                                    --Spenser.
  
     Syn: Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate;
          dejected; melancholy; forlorn.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cheerlessness
       n : a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness [syn: {uncheerfulness}]
           [ant: {cheerfulness}]