English Explanatory Dictionary

Gayless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
adj
  1. Lacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab
  2. Without gay people.

Word forms

Gayless more gayless most gayless

Etymology

From gay + -less.

Synonyms

bleak dreary cheerless comfortless dark morose depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome drear drearisome dreich forlorn gayless gray gloomsome gloomy grim joyless lack-laughter lugubrious melancholy mirthless miserable no joke saturnine solemn somber sombre spiritless sullen sunless uncheerful uncheery unhappy unmerry wintry woeful bland colourless dim dingy dull faint lackluster leaden muddy sad sober uncolorful unholiday wan

Antonyms

cheery gayful
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