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Synonyms of unmerry

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Another word for unmerry is depressing. Other synonyms of unmerry are grim, melancholy, dreary, miserable and gloomy.

Synonyms and similar words for unmerry

adjectiveNot merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.

  • bleakUnhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
  • uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
  • cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
  • comfortlessOf a thing: offering no comfort; uncomforting.
  • darkConducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
  • moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
  • depressingCausing depression or sadness.
  • desolateDismal or dreary.
  • direExpressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
  • disconsolateCheerless, dreary.
  • dismalCausing despair; gloomy and bleak.
  • dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
  • dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
  • drearDreary.
  • drearisomeCharacterised or marked by dreariness.
  • drearyDrab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
  • dreich UK, dialectalBleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
  • forlornPitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
  • gaylessLacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab.
  • grayDreary, gloomy, cloudy.
  • gloomsomeCharacterised or marked by gloom.
  • gloomySuffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
  • grimDismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
  • joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
  • lack-laughterCheerless; sombre; serious.
  • lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
  • melancholyAffected with great sadness or depression.
  • mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
  • miserableOf the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc.
  • no joke
  • saturnineOf a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
  • somber
  • sombreDark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
  • spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
  • sullenGloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  • sunlessDreary, cheerless.
  • uncheerfulNot cheerful.
  • unhappy
  • wintryChilling, cheerless.
  • woeful
  • solemn obsoleteCheerless, gloomy, sombre.

Meaning of unmerry

  1. adjective Not merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.

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Questions about synonyms of unmerry

What is another word for unmerry?
Unmerry has 41 synonyms on Word.ws, such as depressing, grim, melancholy, dreary, miserable, gloomy, sombre and dire.
What does unmerry mean?
Unmerry means not merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.

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