cheerlessness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cheerlessness
    n 1: a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness [syn:
         {cheerlessness}, {uncheerfulness}] [ant: {blitheness},
         {cheerfulness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cheerless \Cheer"less\, a.
   Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- {Cheer"less*ly}, adv.
   -- {Cheer"less*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

         My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
                                                  --Spenser.

   Syn: Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate;
        dejected; melancholy; forlorn.
        [1913 Webster]