Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of cheerfulness; sadness.
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- noun The state or condition of being
uncheerful .
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- noun not conducive to cheer or good spirits
- noun a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
Etymologies
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uncheerful + -ness
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Examples
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Recognize the risks, right and left, the risks brought by pastoral activities and interests, and those brought by pastoral loneliness and uncheerfulness.
To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work 1880
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