uncheery
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
Example Sentences
- "We owe them nothing but good will; for we rather regard things poetically than politically, and we are anxious to inform and amuse the reader--not to perplex, by constantly reminding him of his uncheery lot in life."
- "On the whole, I have sat under the wing of Saint Swithin; uncheery, sluggish, murky, as the wettest of his Days;--hoping always, nevertheless, that blue sky, figurative and real, does exist, and will demonstrate itself by and by."
- "From whatever reason, the fact remains that his letters are by no means uncheery reading; his books and study, most of all his friendships (with one fellow-captive especially), seem to have kept him contented and even happy."
Etymology
From un- + cheery.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
more uncheery (comparative)
most uncheery (superlative)