cheerless
adjective
cheerless is spelled C-H-E-E-R-L-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, cheerless means “Devoid of cheer; gloomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cheerless?
| Letters | 9: C-H-E-E-R-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cheerless?
Cheerless appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cheerless?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-cheerless.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cheerless
- more cheerless comparative
- most cheerless superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheerless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Devoid of cheer; gloomy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cheerless come from?
From cheer + -less.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).