different between cheerless vs darksome

cheerless

English

Etymology

cheer +? -less

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??(r)l?s

Adjective

cheerless (comparative more cheerless, superlative most cheerless)

  1. Devoid of cheer; gloomy.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sad
    Antonym: cheerful

Derived terms

  • cheerlessly
  • cheerlessness

Anagrams

  • Scheelers, rechlesse

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darksome

English

Etymology

From dark +? -some.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d??ks?m/

Adjective

darksome (comparative more darksome, superlative most darksome)

  1. (poetic) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
    • 1799, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Love
      That sometimes from the savage den,
      And sometimes from the darksome shade,
      And sometimes staring up at once
      In green and sunny glade.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter XII, pages 221-222
      [] to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, []
    Synonyms: shaded, cheerless

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