Term Gallery logo

Meanings of uncheerful in English

Portuguese
triste

Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.

      Related terms
      triste
      Usage of uncheerful in English
      1
      At first Iglesias saw without seeing, busy with his own uncheerful thoughts.
      The Far Horizon
      2
      But be sure don't let him see any thing uncheerful in your compliance.
      Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
      3
      The British victories have swept the clouds away and there are no uncheerful faces.
      Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)
      4
      This uncheerful prospect did not daunt Trot, but it made Cap'n Bill quite nervous.
      The Scarecrow of Oz
      5
      Strange let out a short burst of uncheerful laughter.
      Jonathan strange and mr norrell
      6
      Shandy darted a glance at Davies, who seemed tense but not uncheerful, then at Nourse.
      On Stranger Tides
      7
      The footman gave a short, uncheerful laugh.
      Jonathan strange and mr norrell
      8
      Have you ever seen me uncheerful, unhappy.
      What Is Man? and Other Essays
      9
      Strange gave a short, uncheerful laugh.
      Jonathan strange and mr norrell
      10
      But it's that beastly twilight hour of a damp November day, and I'm in a beastly uncheerful mood.
      Dear Enemy
      11
      Yet it was not uncheerful.
      Lady Rose's Daughter
      12
      In about half an hour her mother returned, and though her eyes were red, her countenance was not uncheerful.
      Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
      13
      But here his uncheerful meditations were broken in on by a voice, imperative in tone, yet perceptibly shaken by laughter.
      The Far Horizon
      14
      The outlook was uncheerful.
      The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
      15
      Mrs. Noakes admitted with the grudgingness of a person of uncheerful temperament, that looks like that always would make talk.
      The Shuttle
      16
      These now uncheerful towers!
      Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
      About this term
      More collocations
      Translations for uncheerful
      Portuguese
      triste
      Uncheerful through the time