'Cheerlessness' definitions:
Definition of 'cheerlessness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness [syn: cheerlessness, uncheerfulness] [ant: blitheness, cheerfulness]
Definition of 'Cheerlessness'
From: 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]