noun
1. a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
• Syn: ↑cheerlessness
• Ant: ↑cheerfulness (for: ↑cheerlessness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑uncheerful, ↑cheerless (for: ↑cheerlessness)
• Hypernyms: ↑sadness, ↑unhappiness
• Hyponyms: ↑joylessness
2. not conducive to cheer or good spirits
• Ant: ↑cheerfulness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑uncheerful
• Hypernyms: ↑attribute
• Hyponyms: ↑gloominess, ↑lugubriousness, ↑sadness
• Part Holonyms: ↑disposition, ↑temperament
Useful english dictionary. 2012.