noun
the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
• Syn: ↑gloominess, ↑sadness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sad (for: ↑sadness), ↑lugubrious, ↑gloomy (for: ↑gloominess)
• Hypernyms: ↑uncheerfulness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.