blitheless
blitheless adjective: without happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.
Adjective
blitheless (comparative more blitheless, superlative most blitheless)
- Without happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.
- Every blitheless thing's forgot Winter's sighs and frowns are not. From the old the new is winning, All's in the beginning.1908, Fred Whitney, The Heart of the Singer - Page 16
- To Him who gave to Him doth go The spirit that is blitheless. Although our souls immortal are Without even death or birth, Our bodies go from whence they came Back to longing Mother Earth.1914, The Railroad Telegrapher, Volume 31, Part 2 - Page 1359
- Synonyms:
- miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen
- Pitiful; miserable; wretched.
- Oh, those cruel and blitheless asses! Did they know my thoughts, my dreams, as I searched the sweet mystery of myself for the hidden meaning of my life? They did not. They judged me harshly for a few paltry actions.1968, Paul Ritchie, Confessions of a People Lover: A Novel - Page 51
Examples of blitheless in a sentence
- A musty smell swells from the mounted lark, blitheless in spirit.1964, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, The London Magazine - Volume 4 - Page 20:
- Ought he for dreaming the delights of the blitheless “bloke for whom the ghost with child haunted habitat camp-fruit-bat?2013, Ann Laura Stoler, Imperial Debris: On Ruins and Ruination - Page 92:
Synonyms of blitheless
- miserable
- unhappy
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- dispirited
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- chopfallen
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Forms of blitheless
| comparative | more blitheless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blitheless |
Origin of blitheless
From blithe + -less.
Questions about blitheless
- What does blitheless mean?
- Blitheless means without happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.
- How do you use blitheless in a sentence?
- A musty smell swells from the mounted lark, blitheless in spirit.
- What part of speech is blitheless?
- Blitheless is an adjective.
Words near blitheless in the dictionary
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