Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmirthful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-mirth-ful
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Through the chinks of my fingers, dolorously spread over my face, I see that he has sat down on the other side of the table, just opposite me, and that he is smiling in the same unmirthful, gently sarcastic way, as he was when he left me."
"As she gazed, an unmirthful smile spread over her features, like sunshine that grows melancholy in some desolate spot."

Etymology

From un- + mirthful.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unmirthful (comparative) most unmirthful (superlative)

Derived Forms

unmirthfully

Synonyms

bleak mirthless cheerless comfortless dark morose depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful

Questions

What does unmirthful mean?: Not mirthful.
Where does unmirthful come from?: From un- + mirthful.

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