Cheerlessness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state of being cheerless.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The state or characteristic of being
cheerless
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
Word Usage
"For all its cheerlessness, the novel is anything but grittily realistic."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
sadness
unhappiness
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
joylessness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
beauty
bleakness
boundlessness
brusquerie
defenselessness
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
dismalness
dullness
gloom