uncheery

comparative more uncheery · superlative most uncheery

1. Not cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.

   We owe them nothing but good will; for we rather regard things poetically than politically, and we are anxious to inform and amuse the reader--not to perplex, by constantly reminding him of his uncheery lot in life.

   1832, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 584

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   On the whole, I have sat under the wing of Saint Swithin; uncheery, sluggish, murky, as the wettest of his Days;--hoping always, nevertheless, that blue sky, figurative and real, does exist, and will demonstrate itself by and by.

   1834-1872, Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson,

   From whatever reason, the fact remains that his letters are by no means uncheery reading; his books and study, most of all his friendships (with one fellow-captive especially), seem to have kept him contented and even happy.

   1917, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, March 7, 1917.

   Synonyms: cheerless, despondent, uncheerful, cheerless, comfortless, bleak, dark, morose