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unˈcheerfulness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being uncheerful.
1617Hieron Wks. II. 342 It is a checke to our common lumpishnesse and vncheerefulnesse. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vii. §231 Those indispositions..grew into a perfect habit of unchearfulness. 1712Addison Spect. No. 494 ⁋2 There are many Persons, who, by a natural Unchearfulness of Heart,..love to indulge this uncomfortable way of Life. 1733W. Crawford Infidelity (1836) 211 Lumpish uncheerfulness may not be taken for gospel sorrow. |