Cheerless

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking cheer; depressing.
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  • adj. devoid of cheer; gloomy
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Without joy, gladness, or comfort.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without joy, gladness, or comfort; gloomy; destitute of anything to enliven or animate the spirits.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
    • Equivalent
    melancholy    disconsolate    drear    dismal    grim    sombre    blue    somber    dark    sorry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    melancholy    dispiriting    comfortless    disconsolate    sad    forlorn    dejected    gloomy    dull    dismal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    desolate    dreary    comfortless    bleak    chilly    joyless    forlorn    rainy    arid    uninviting   
     
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