English Explanatory Dictionary

unmerry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.

Word forms

unmerry more unmerry most unmerry

Etymology

From Old English unmyriġe (“unpleasant”), from un- + myriġe (“pleasant”). By surface analysis, un- + merry.

Synonyms

bleak uncheery cheerless comfortless dark morose depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome drear drearisome dreary dreich forlorn gayless gray gloomsome gloomy grim joyless lack-laughter lugubrious melancholy mirthless miserable no joke saturnine solemn somber sombre spiritless sullen sunless uncheerful unhappy unmerry wintry woeful
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