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What is the adjective for cheerlessness?

What's the adjective for cheerlessness? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs cheer, cheere and cheerlead which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

cheerful
  1. Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  2. Bright and pleasant.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. bright, sunny, glad, happy, cheery, gay, jolly, merry, sparkling, buoyant, joyful, animated, contented, upbeat, jaunty, optimistic, sprightly, airy, bubbly, ebullient, gleeful, jovial, joyous, breezy, chipper, chirpy, elated, exuberant, genial, smiling, blithe, frolicsome, gladsome, grinning, laughing, mirthful, radiant, bucked, carefree, enthusiastic, hopeful, peppy, perky, untroubled, unworried, blithesome, content, hearty, jocund, lightsome … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “His cheerful demeanor made him someone that others would instinctively trust.”
      “I looked to the left and spotted mothers and babies in a cheerful, little room full of baby furniture.”
      “He supported our venture with cheerful generosity.”
cheerleaderish
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cheerleader.
cheerleaderlike
  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a cheerleader.
cheerly
  1. (archaic) gay; cheerful; not gloomy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cheerful, bright, sunny, glad, happy, cheery, gay, jolly, merry, sparkling, buoyant, joyful, animated, contented, upbeat, jaunty, optimistic, sprightly, airy, bubbly, ebullient, gleeful, jovial, joyous, breezy, chipper, chirpy, elated, exuberant, genial, smiling, blithe, frolicsome, gladsome, grinning, laughing, mirthful, radiant, bucked, carefree, enthusiastic, hopeful, peppy, perky, untroubled, unworried, blithesome, content, hearty, jocund … more
cheerless
  1. devoid of cheer; gloomy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dismal, bleak, miserable, dark, dreary, depressing, desolate, dull, gloomy, grim, sombre, comfortless, drab, funereal, solemn, somber, austere, forlorn, unhappy, woeful, drearisome, joyless, morose, uninviting, dejected, depressive, doleful, glum, sorrowful, spiritless, sullen, unwelcoming, woebegone, wretched, abject, bare, cold, depressed, despondent, dim, dingy, dire, disconsolate, disheartening, dispiriting, dolorous, dour, drear, godforsaken, gray … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I was filled with the same feeling of depression that always assails me in the cheerless environment of a police station.”
      “Nah, she's a miserable old boot with a cheerless face when the camera's off her.”
      “I saw a picture of your cheerless face holding your resignation letter to the camera and I thought I'd better write.”
cheery
  1. (often sarcastic) In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cheerful, happy, sunny, buoyant, merry, upbeat, gay, joyful, bright, jolly, blithe, glad, lively, animated, chirpy, jovial, carefree, joyous, ebullient, bubbly, blithesome, jaunty, gleeful, exuberant, sparkling, breezy, chipper, mirthful, gladsome, peppy, sprightly, elated, jocund, frolicsome, optimistic, airy, untroubled, genial, laughing, sparky, hopeful, positive, content, zippy, grinning, radiant, blissful, unworried, peart, smiling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “So I headed off with a cheery smile at having escaped from the maze of never-ending aisles.”
      “He is always ready with a cheery smile and wave, and is famous for sheltering passengers with his own umbrella.”
      “Back on the streets of Edinburgh, she bids a cheery farewell, braces her brolly against the raging tempest, and heads for the shops.”
cheersome
  1. Characterised or marked by cheer
cheerfull
  1. Archaic form of cheerful.
cheerfulest
  1. superlative form of cheerful: most cheerful
  2. Examples:
      3. “When, finally, he addressed his friend over the telephone, his tones were of the cheerfulest.”
      “I think a chipmunk is the happiest, cheerfulest thing I know.”
cheerfuller
  1. comparative form of cheerful: more cheerful
cheerfullest
  1. superlative form of cheerful: most cheerful
cheerier
  1. comparative form of cheery: more cheery
  2. Synonyms:
      3. happier, sunnier, merrier, gayer, joyfuller, brighter, jollier, blither, gladder, livelier, chirpier, bubblier, jauntier, breezier, mirthfuller, gladsomer, peppier, sprightlier, airier, sparkier, zippier, zingier, smilier, winsomer, pleasanter, cantier, more cheerful, more buoyant, more upbeat, more animated, more jovial, more carefree, more joyous, more ebullient, more blithesome, more gleeful, more exuberant, more chipper, more elated, more jocund, more frolicsome, more optimistic, more untroubled, more genial, more hopeful, more positive, more content, more radiant, more blissful, more unworried … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I've already used regular washi to save an old shoe storage unit and now it's so much cheerier.”
      “The truth is, my husband is a calmer, more patient person than me – and far cheerier.”
      “And it will take more than home-made billboards on bayou byways to get the cheerier message out.”
cheeriest
  1. superlative form of cheery: most cheery
  2. Synonyms:
      3. happiest, sunniest, merriest, gayest, joyfullest, brightest, jolliest, blithest, gladdest, liveliest, chirpiest, bubbliest, jauntiest, breeziest, mirthfullest, gladsomest, peppiest, sprightliest, airiest, sparkiest, zippiest, zingiest, smiliest, winsomest, pleasantest, cantiest, most cheerful, most buoyant, most upbeat, most animated, most jovial, most carefree, most joyous, most ebullient, most blithesome, most gleeful, most exuberant, most chipper, most elated, most jocund, most frolicsome, most optimistic, most untroubled, most genial, most hopeful, most positive, most content, most radiant, most blissful, most unworried … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A stiff dose of corporate reform would be enough to give even the cheeriest of boardroom musicians the blues.”
      “They burst in on the nonplussed Harvard selectors as the cheeriest of cheerleaders to Elle's superbly potty drum majorette who parades about in spangly, and of course, subtly pink regalia.”
      “I now by instinct followed the streets that took me waterward, for there, doubtless, were the cheapest, if not the cheeriest inns.”
cheered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of cheer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, aided, assisted, supported, abetted, furthered, lent a hand, propped, relieved, served, stood by, upheld, advocated, bucked up, helped out, interceded, patronized, puffed, rallied round, rooted for, saw through, stuck up for, stumped for, tended, accommodated, ballyhooed, befriended, cared for, emboldened, encouraged, fostered, heartened, hyped, ministered to, nurtured, patronised, plugged, rescued, seconded, went with, did a favor, did a service, did one's part, took care of, worked for, pushed, blessed, contented, delighted, gladdened … more
cheering
  1. present participle of cheer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. heartening, encouraging, inspiriting, animating, uplifting, enlivening, comforting, gladdening, consoling, exhilarating, reassuring, buoying, brightening, emboldening, soothing, elating, solacing, assuring, steeling, strengthening, inciting, elevating, warming, helping, upraising, cheering up, buoying up, bucking up, perking up, picking up, giving a lift to, giving a lift, bracing up, snapping out of it, putting on cloud nine, letting the sun shine in, putting on top of the world, applauding, praising, acclaiming, saluting, lauding, hailing, honouring, honoring, toasting, clapping, accrediting, glorifying, panegyrizing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A few cheering words from her companion somewhat calmed her fears.”
      “This has been a cheering day, when the brethren come among us.”
      “Shortly before nine o'clock, a telegram arrived from Westwood, giving the cheering news of a slight improvement in Mr. Spurgeon's general state.”
cheered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of cheer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, aided, assisted, supported, abetted, furthered, lent a hand, propped, relieved, served, stood by, upheld, advocated, bucked up, helped out, interceded, patronized, puffed, rallied round, rooted for, saw through, stuck up for, stumped for, tended, accommodated, ballyhooed, befriended, cared for, emboldened, encouraged, fostered, heartened, hyped, ministered to, nurtured, patronised, plugged, rescued, seconded, went with, did a favor, did a service, did one's part, took care of, worked for, pushed, blessed, contented, delighted, gladdened … more
cheering
  1. present participle of cheer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. heartening, encouraging, inspiriting, animating, uplifting, enlivening, comforting, gladdening, consoling, exhilarating, reassuring, buoying, brightening, emboldening, soothing, elating, solacing, assuring, steeling, strengthening, inciting, elevating, warming, helping, upraising, cheering up, buoying up, bucking up, perking up, picking up, giving a lift to, giving a lift, bracing up, snapping out of it, putting on cloud nine, letting the sun shine in, putting on top of the world, applauding, praising, acclaiming, saluting, lauding, hailing, honouring, honoring, toasting, clapping, accrediting, glorifying, panegyrizing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A few cheering words from her companion somewhat calmed her fears.”
      “This has been a cheering day, when the brethren come among us.”
      “Shortly before nine o'clock, a telegram arrived from Westwood, giving the cheering news of a slight improvement in Mr. Spurgeon's general state.”
cheerled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of cheerlead
cheerleading
  1. present participle of cheerlead
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