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uncheerful

UK/ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/

uncheerful adjective: not cheerful.

Adjective

uncheerful (comparative more uncheerful, superlative most uncheerful)

  1. Not cheerful.
    • But by the change of her unchearefull looke, / They might perceive she was not well in plight […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • For now, though, Paramore gets by on good cheer, even during seemingly uncheerful songs.2007 November 30, “Familiar With Emo, Intimate With Upbeat”, in New York Times

Synonyms of uncheerful

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Forms of uncheerful

comparativemore uncheerful
superlativemost uncheerful

Origin of uncheerful

From un- + cheerful.

Words formed from uncheerful

Questions about uncheerful

What does uncheerful mean?
Uncheerful means not cheerful.
What part of speech is uncheerful?
Uncheerful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce uncheerful?
Uncheerful is pronounced /ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/ (UK).

Words near uncheerful in the dictionary

  1. uncheckmated
  2. unchecks
  3. uncheckt
  4. uncheerable
  5. uncheered
  6. uncheerful
  7. uncheerfully
  8. uncheerfulness
  9. uncheerily
  10. uncheeriness
  11. uncheering

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