Undelight

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure. uncountable

    "Loud rise the sounds of sorrow, day and night, Where friends, clasped close in lingering undelight, Weep at the thought of parting. Matrons, ay,"

  2. 2
    Something unpleasant or displeasing. countable

    "Along with the jollity of the trip from Tsing Hua into Peking are many undelights."

Synonyms

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distressgriefmiseryruthsadnesssorrow

Example

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"Loud rise the sounds of sorrow, day and night, Where friends, clasped close in lingering undelight, Weep at the thought of parting. Matrons, ay,"

Etymology

From un- + delight.

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