Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not cheerful.
- Not willing; grudging: as, uncheerful service.
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- adjective Not
cheerful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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Examples
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Bent on inspiring him with enthusiasm equal to her own, she declined to dampen what sparks he had caught by anything so uncheerful as a cold meal.
CHAPTER I 2010
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The speaker of these stunning poems appears heartbroken and haunted yet filled with abrupt passion and resistance to loss -- uncompromising, uncheerful but "acquainted with the night" -- an insomniac's rhapsody.
Carol Muske-Dukes: Scattershot Poetry Reviews -- Three Books Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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The speaker of these stunning poems appears heartbroken and haunted yet filled with abrupt passion and resistance to loss -- uncompromising, uncheerful but "acquainted with the night" -- an insomniac's rhapsody.
Carol Muske-Dukes: Scattershot Poetry Reviews -- Three Books Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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The speaker of these stunning poems appears heartbroken and haunted yet filled with abrupt passion and resistance to loss -- uncompromising, uncheerful but "acquainted with the night" -- an insomniac's rhapsody.
Carol Muske-Dukes: Scattershot Poetry Reviews -- Three Books Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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And here's another thing that has cheered immensely in these 4 terribly uncheerful years: The Democrats held the majority for 40 years.
Source: McCain, GOP Significantly Expanding Advertising Map Into New States 2009
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I don't want to repeat my rather uncheerful comment on Yelli's blog from the other day Sorry, Y! but suffice to say I'm an exile of love, to use Snooker's words.
Distance doesn't really make the heart grow fonder C N Heidelberg 2009
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But, upon last night's caucus results after cheering for Obama in my mind I couldn't help but see millions of less than happy people do a very good updated shocked impression of a scene straight out of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles when Sheriff Bart was first spotted and rode into a cheering and band-playing town, and then things went into uncheerful and no band-playing mode with some illuminating singular commentary.
Is it Racist if it's true? Steven Barnes 2008
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He obviously didn't want to be there (hell, neither did I), and I was feeling like his uncheerful mood was my fault.
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There were commonly no towns near the stations, which were not always uncheerful; sometimes there were flower-beds, unless my memory deceives me.
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Nor was he uncheerful in his cold garret and with his empty stomach, for
New Grub Street 2003
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