undelight

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undelight

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From un- + delight.

noun undelights

uncountable The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure. Loud rise the sounds of sorrow, day and night, Where friends, clasped close in lingering undelight, Weep at the thought of parting. Matrons, ay,
Similar: discontent, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency
countable Something unpleasant or displeasing. Along with the jollity of the trip from Tsing Hua into Peking are many undelights.
Similar: hardship, sorrow, affliction, aggrievance, distress, grief, grievance, misery, ruth, sadness, undelight, vexation

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@misc{undelight_2026,
  title = {undelight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undelight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}