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Vinony

cheerless

adjective

  1. gloomy/dreary/bleak (offering no cheer/comfort)
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English cheer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English cheerless From cheer + -less.

  1. Devoid of cheer; gloomy.

    “I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, during which time I labored to show Queequeg that all these Lents, Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were stark nonsense; […]”

    “Men, women and children work together seven days in the week in these cheerless tenements to make a living for the family, from the break of day till far into the night.”