cheerless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Devoid of cheer; gloomy.
    — I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, during which time I labored to show Queequeg that all these Lents, Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were stark nonsense; […]

词形变化

more cheerless comparative most cheerless superlative

词汇关系

反义词
blissful cheerful happy humorful joyful mirthful

词源

Etymology tree
English cheer
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English cheerless
From cheer + -less.
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