CHEERLESSNESS Synonyms
2 hypernyms for cheerlessness. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for CHEERLESSNESS
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| bitterness | noun n | |||||
noun • a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will • a rough and bitter manner • the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth • the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste | ||||||
| bleakness | noun n | |||||
noun • a bleak and desolate atmosphere | ||||||
| depression | noun n | |||||
noun • a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity • a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment • a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment • a sunken or depressed geological formation • sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy • an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation • a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • a concavity in a surface produced by pressing • angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) • pushing down | ||||||
| desolation | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of being decayed or destroyed • a bleak and desolate atmosphere • sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned • an event that results in total destruction | ||||||
| despair | noun n | |||||
noun • a state in which all hope is lost or absent • the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well verb • abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart | ||||||
| despondency | noun n | |||||
noun • feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | ||||||
| forlornness | noun n | |||||
noun • sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | ||||||
| gloom | noun n | |||||
noun • a state of partial or total darkness • a feeling of melancholy apprehension • an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | ||||||
| hopelessness | noun n | |||||
noun • the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success | ||||||
| melancholy | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||
| sadness | noun n | |||||
noun • emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being • the state of being sad • the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness | ||||||
| somberness | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a state of partial or total darkness • a feeling of melancholy apprehension • a manner that is serious and solemn | ||||||
| sorrow | noun n | |||||
noun • an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment • something that causes great unhappiness • the state of being sad verb • feel grief | ||||||
| sorrowfulness | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of being sad • a state of gloomy sorrow | ||||||
| unhappiness | noun n | |||||
noun • emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being • state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief | ||||||
| wretchedness | noun n | |||||
noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant • the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry | ||||||
| uncheerfulness | noun n | |||||
noun • a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness • not conducive to cheer or good spirits | ||||||