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English Dictionary: cheerlessness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheerlessness
n
  1. a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness [syn: cheerlessness, uncheerfulness]
    Antonym(s): blitheness, cheerfulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cheerless \Cheer"less\, a.
      Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- {Cheer"less*ly}, adv.
      -- {Cheer"less*ness}, n.
  
               My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. --Spenser.
  
      Syn: Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; dicsconsolate;
               dejected; melancholy; forlorn.
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