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cheerless

adj

Etymology

From cheer + -less.

  1. derived from cara
  2. derived from chiere
  3. derived from chere
  4. inherited from chere
  5. suffixed as cheerless — “cheer + less”

Definitions

  1. Devoid of cheer

    Devoid of cheer; gloomy.

    • Men, women and children work together seven days in the week in these cheerless tenements to make a living for the family, from the break of day till far into the night.
    • The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA