uncheery en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + cheery.
Meanings
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Not cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
On the whole, I have sat under the wing of Saint Swithin; uncheery, sluggish, murky, as the wettest of his Days;--hoping always, nevertheless, that blue sky, figurative and real, does exist, and will demonstrate itself by and by.
1834-1872, Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson,:From whatever reason, the fact remains that his letters are by no means uncheery reading; his books and study, most of all his friendships (with one fellow-captive especially), seem to have kept him contented and even happy.
1917, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, March 7, 1917.:We owe them nothing but good will; for we rather regard things poetically than politically, and we are anxious to inform and amuse the reader--not to perplex, by constantly reminding him of his uncheery lot in life.
1832, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 584:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most uncheery | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more uncheery | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
disheartened · downhearted · disgruntled · jawfallen · woebegone · chopfallen · lugubrious · downcast · heartsick · damp · depressed · unconsolable · sunless · unlively · miserable · solemn · woe · gloomy · melancholic · melancholy · downsome · dolesome · threnetic · blitheless · sorrowsome · blue · woeful · disconsolate · sorrowful · bummed out · querulous · low · unhappy · solemn · threnetical · joyless · moody · uncheery · mournful · doleful · disconsolate · saturnine · doleful · sullen · down · cheerless · forlorn · down in the dumps · lugubrious · grim · elegious · drear · somber · dispirited · lamentful · uncheery · unmerry · gray · atrabiliary · down in the mouth · dreary · comfortless · forlorn · mopey · dejected · no joke · morose · depressing · dismal · Plutonic · gloomy · atrabilious · wintry · elegiac · lack-laughter · sombre · sorrow-ridden · sad · unhappy · plaintive · crestfallen · uncheerful · lachrymose · melancholy · spiritless · despondent · woeful · Plutonian · wretched · bleak · cut up · wistful · glum · drearisome · grieving · saddened · chapfallen · spiritless · dismal · dire · dark · joyless · triste · sombre · low-spirited · dolesome · shattered · morose · desolate · ruthful · dull · heavy-hearted · sullen · miserable · lumpish · gayless · heartsore · cheerless · grief-stricken · inconsolable · despondent · infelicitous · uncheerful · tristful · cheerless · uncheerful · gloomsome · mirthless · saturnine · passionate · dreich