uncheerfulness

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Noun
1. a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
(synonym) cheerlessness
(hypernym) sadness, unhappiness
(hyponym) joylessness
2. not conducive to cheer or good spirits
(antonym) cheerfulness, cheer
(hypernym) attribute
(hyponym) gloominess, lugubriousness
(part-holonym) disposition, temperament