English noun: uncheerfulness | |||
| 1. | uncheerfulness (feeling) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | ||
| Synonyms | cheerlessness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sadness, unhappiness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | joylessness | ||
| Antonyms | blitheness, cheerfulness | ||
| 2. | uncheerfulness (attribute) not conducive to cheer or good spirits | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attribute | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness | ||
| Part meronym | disposition, temperament | ||
| Antonyms | cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine | ||