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unmirthful

unmirthful adjective: not mirthful.

Adjective

unmirthful (comparative more unmirthful, superlative most unmirthful)

  1. Not mirthful.
    • Through the chinks of my fingers, dolorously spread over my face, I see that he has sat down on the other side of the table, just opposite me, and that he is smiling in the same unmirthful, gently sarcastic way, as he was when he left me.1874, Rhoda Broughton, Nancy
    • As she gazed, an unmirthful smile spread over her features, like sunshine that grows melancholy in some desolate spot.1903, Philip P. Wells, Bible Stories and Religious Classics

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Forms of unmirthful

comparativemore unmirthful
superlativemost unmirthful

Origin of unmirthful

From un- + mirthful.

Words formed from unmirthful

Questions about unmirthful

What does unmirthful mean?
Unmirthful means not mirthful.
What part of speech is unmirthful?
Unmirthful is an adjective.

Words near unmirthful in the dictionary

  1. unmiraculous
  2. unmiraculously
  3. unmirandized
  4. unmired
  5. unmirrored
  6. unmirthful
  7. unmirthfully
  8. unmiry
  9. unmisanthropic
  10. unmiscegenated
  11. unmischievous

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