Adjective : drab, cheerless surroundings. From Dictionary.com.
And it inspired the timid with cheerlessness and fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Arjuna stood before her in great cheerlessness of heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
"What cheerlessness!" exclaimed Adrienne under her breath. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
Hallinan! constables unsuccessfully cheerlessness Colby inciting. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Tough Market for Women?:] Reference
If cheerlessness overtakes thee, our victory becomes uncertain. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Cast off sorrow and cheerlessness, and abstain from parental affection. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
For all its cheerlessness, the novel is anything but grittily realistic. From Wordnik.com. [Mercy!] Reference
Penetrated with cheerlessness and despair, I fail to obtain peace of mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
'Never before did I see, or hear thy' Words afflicted with such cheerlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Others take it as implying one who destroys the cheerlessness of his worshippers. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Having only addressed the king as thou, such cheerlessness hath possessed thy heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Such a companion for herself in the periods of anxiety and cheerlessness before her!. From Wordnik.com. [Emma]
Such a companion for herself in the periods of anxiety and cheerlessness before her! —. From Wordnik.com. [Emma] Reference
Casting off this cheerlessness by repentance, address thyself with a strong will to action. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
At last, moved by grief and cheerlessness, they waited there, indulging in bitter lamentations. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Dispelling this cheerlessness that overspreads thy face, listen to me with undivided attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Ourselves also, for the same reason, in great cheerlessness, O sinless one, are doing the same. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
He knew from personal experience the cheerlessness of the house which has but lately harboured the dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Her face did not at all change under that painful process, nor did she feel any cheerlessness on that account. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Moved by his unexpected leniency and the aspect of his cheerlessness, she immediately repented of her response. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Brahmana, Karna, hanging down his head from cheerlessness, returned timidly to Rama, reflecting on that matter. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
I have spoken of the cheerlessness of the heavens. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Hollow] Reference
Within the house something of this cheerlessness prevailed. From Wordnik.com. [Thankful Blossom] Reference
The sleet fell where cold and cheerlessness seemed to be the natural state of things. From Wordnik.com. [Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
The room glowed with warmth and light that drove away the cheerlessness of a foggy, late. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness and Dawn] Reference
Where cheerlessness, and hunger, and desponding toil, or hopeless apathy, brood continually. From Wordnik.com. [Humanity in the City] Reference
Consider the change from comfort in the country to circumstances of cheerlessness in the city. From Wordnik.com. [Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries.] Reference
Wandering on, she had reached a street which eclipsed in cheerlessness even its squalid neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince and Betty] Reference
These are minor matters, but yet add to the cheerlessness of the time after the strangers have gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Lone Ranche] Reference
Nothing could exceed the apparent barrenness of these plains, or the cheerlessness of the landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete] Reference
So I went back to the cold cheerlessness of Rivermead Mansions, and slept until the following morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Stretton Street Affair] Reference
Instead of an age of joy and of elastic step, we are pointed to an iron rule of repression and cheerlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891] Reference
Three hunted Jacobites, dragging themselves forward drearily, found the situation one of utter cheerlessness. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
There was an atmosphere of cheerlessness that a half-blackened Welsbach mantle turned into positive ghastliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Poisoned Pen] Reference
While one scattered sunshine and blessings everywhere, the other carried with him a sense of cheerlessness and gloom. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Siegfried] Reference
The chill and cheerlessness of it all was reaching at the hearts of the boy and girl who were at the moment of parting. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Unaga] Reference
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