uncheerful
English
Etymology
From un- + cheerful.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/
Adjective
uncheerful (comparative more uncheerful, superlative most uncheerful)
- Not cheerful.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.7:
- But by the change of her unchearefull looke, / They might perceive she was not well in plight […].
- 2007 November 30, “Familiar With Emo, Intimate With Upbeat”, in New York Times:
- For now, though, Paramore gets by on good cheer, even during seemingly uncheerful songs.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.7:
Derived terms
- uncheerfully
- uncheerfulness