cheerless
/ˈtʃɪələs/adjective
उच्चारण चिअर्लस
उदास, नीरस, बेरौनक
Core word
- 1
dull and depressing; not bright or warm
उदास, नीरस, बेरौनक
- a cheerless grey morning
- The hostel room was cold and cheerless.
- The waiting room was cold, bare and cheerless.
+ 2 more examples
- They lived in a cheerless flat above the garage.
- A cheerless drizzle fell on the station all day.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cheerless + noun (place or weather)
Cheerless describes places, rooms, weather or times that are dull, cold and depressing.
Cheerless उन स्थानों, कमरों, मौसम या समय का वर्णन करता है जो नीरस, ठंडे और उदासी भरे हों।
- The hostel room was small and cheerless.
- It was a cheerless November morning.
be / look / feel cheerless
The adjective can also follow be, look or feel to describe how a place or person seems.
यह adjective be, look या feel के बाद भी आता है, यह बताने के लिए कि कोई स्थान या व्यक्ति कैसा लगता है।
- The waiting room looked cheerless.
- He felt cheerless after the defeat.
cheerless vs cheerful (opposites)
Cheerless means without cheer, while cheerful means full of cheer; the suffix -less shows the absence of something.
Cheerless का अर्थ प्रसन्नता से रहित है, जबकि cheerful का अर्थ प्रसन्नता से भरा; प्रत्यय -less किसी चीज़ के अभाव को दिखाता है।
- The cheerless office became cheerful with new paint.
cheerless (adverb: cheerlessly; noun: cheerlessness)
The related adverb is cheerlessly and the noun is cheerlessness.
संबंधित adverb cheerlessly और noun cheerlessness हैं।
- He stared cheerlessly at the rain.
- The cheerlessness of the ward troubled the visitors.
cheerless as a literary word
Cheerless is common in descriptions in novels and newspapers, but less common in everyday speech, where gloomy or dull is used.
Cheerless उपन्यासों और समाचार-पत्रों के वर्णन में आम है, पर रोज़मर्रा की बोलचाल में gloomy या dull अधिक चलता है।
- The novelist described a cheerless village under the grey sky.
+Collocations 4
cheerless + noun
roomhousewinterdaylandscape
- The cheerless landscape stretched for miles.
adverb + cheerless
ratherutterlybleak andcold anddark and
- The hospital corridor was cold and cheerless.
verb + cheerless
seemlookfeelbecomeremain
- The village looked cheerless without its festival lights.
cheerless + experience
existencelifeprospectfuturewelcome
- He faced a cheerless future after losing his job.
“More examples 7
- The cheerless canteen had bare walls and a single bulb.
नीरस कैंटीन में खाली दीवारें और एक अकेला बल्ब था।
- Radhika brightened the cheerless room with posters and plants.
राधिका ने पोस्टर और पौधों से उस उदास कमरे को सजा दिया।
- It was a cold, grey and cheerless afternoon in January.
वह जनवरी की एक ठंडी, धूसर और उदास दोपहर थी।
- The railway platform looked cheerless in the heavy rain.
तेज बारिश में रेलवे प्लेटफॉर्म उदास लग रहा था।
- They shared a cheerless meal of dry bread and tea.
उन्होंने सूखी रोटी और चाय का एक नीरस भोजन साझा किया।
- The cheerless hostel mess served cold rice and thin dal.
उदास hostel mess में ठंडे चावल और पतली दाल परोसी गई।
- The cheerless office was lit by a single tube light.
उदास दफ़्तर में सिर्फ एक tube light जल रही थी।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The day was very cheerlessly.
✓ The day was very cheerless.
After was, an adjective is needed, not the adverb cheerlessly.
'Was' के बाद adjective चाहिए, adverb 'cheerlessly' नहीं।