uncheerfulness

Definitions of uncheerfulness
  1. noun
    a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
    synonyms: cheerlessness
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    types:
    joylessness
    a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
    type of:
    sadness, unhappiness
    emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
  2. noun
    not conducive to cheer or good spirits
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    antonyms:
    cheerfulness
    the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
    types:
    gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness
    the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
    type of:
    attribute
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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