uncheery
uncheery adjective: not cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
Adjective
uncheery (comparative more uncheery, superlative most uncheery)
- Not cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
- 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- cheerless, despondent, uncheerful, comfortless, bleak, dark, morose, depressing, desolate, dire
Synonyms of uncheery
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Forms of uncheery
| comparative | more uncheery |
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| superlative | most uncheery |
Origin of uncheery
From un- + cheery.
Words formed from uncheery
Questions about uncheery
- What does uncheery mean?
- Uncheery means not cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
- What part of speech is uncheery?
- Uncheery is an adjective.
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