Antonyms of noun cheerfulness

2 senses of cheerfulness

Sense 1
cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine -- (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room")
       Antonym of uncheerfulness (Sense 2)
      => uncheerfulness -- (not conducive to cheer or good spirits)

Sense 2
cheerfulness, blitheness -- (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better")
       Antonym of cheerlessness (Sense 1)
      => cheerlessness, uncheerfulness -- (a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cheerfulness

2 senses of cheerfulness

Sense 1
cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine -- (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room")
       => attribute -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Sense 2
cheerfulness, blitheness -- (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better")
       => happiness -- (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)