See uncheerful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "lumpish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "melancholic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "melancholy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "miserable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "moody"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "mopey"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "morose"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "mournful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "passionate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "plaintive"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "querulous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sad"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "saddened"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "saturnine"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "shattered"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "solemn"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sombre"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sorrowful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sorrow-ridden"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sorrowsome"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "spiritless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sullen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "threnetic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "threnetical"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "triste"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "tristful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "uncheerful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "uncheery"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "unconsolable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "unhappy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "unlively"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "wistful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "woe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "woebegone"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "woeful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "wretched"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "uncheerful"
}
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