All merriness antonyms

noun merriness

• gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.
• sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
• seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
• sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
• unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
• 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.
• dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.