All gaiety antonyms

noun gaiety

• misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
• sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
• sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
• solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
• dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
• depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
• discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
• gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.