"cheerless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cheerless.wav Forms: more cheerless [comparative], most cheerless [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)ləs Etymology: From cheer + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cheer|less}} cheer + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} cheerless (comparative more cheerless, superlative most cheerless)
  1. Devoid of cheer; gloomy. Hyponyms: ramshackle Derived forms: cheerlessly, cheerlessness Related terms: dank, dull, epicedial, flat, funereal, serious, severe, sad Translations (Devoid of cheer): безрадостен (bezradosten) (Bulgarian), آجی (acı) (note: of sounds) (Ottoman Turkish)
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