CHEERLESSLY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

cheerlessly

adverb

Definition of cheerlessly

as in dispiritedly

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The Manchester City star sat dejectedly on the bench after he was subbed out for Jorgen Strand Larsen in the second half of extra time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Camp Bravo could only watch dejectedly, finally on the beach to witness defeat up close.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 June 2026

Definition of dejectedly

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For other families quietly and often despairingly living with similar problems of addiction and mental illness involving their children, the tragedy is an unnerving, looming specter — a worst-case scenario made real.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Parents of children made sickest must wait it out in the hospital, despairingly wondering whether their child will die.

— Noel T. Brewer, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of despairingly

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And in the film’s poignant final scene, Joe despondently plays his piano − only for Angela to sit beside him and start plunking along.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 July 2026
The concept art and teaser trailer unveiled in 2024 depicted the toys looking on despondently as the child who owns the toys is engrossed in an activity on a tablet.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of despondently

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The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Although the father of the proposal, Dave Regan, is the president of a union, the labor movement is bitterly divided over the effort.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of bitterly

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For the past three decades, defense procurement was a stagnant oligopoly dominated by a handful of massive legacy prime contractors and painfully slow cost-plus research-and-development cycles.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Life opened like a zipper, separating them painfully at first, notch by notch, then faster, wider, until the garment lay split in two.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of painfully

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Fra Fee, as Joe, has a slightly harder task, since his role is almost entirely reactive; while Ethan bangs on mournfully about, effectively, the dangers of shagging your brother’s wife — well, who would have thought?

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
Mayfield watched mournfully in his kitchen while the rest of the family sat in the living room with the big screen next to a Christmas tree.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of mournfully

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