unholiday
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unholiday
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From un- + holiday.
noun unholidays
- A day or period of time which is not a holiday, but is celebrated as if it were one. Yet the most touching gifts are often the ones that come as unbirthday or unholiday or unanniverary gifts.
adjective more unholiday · most unholiday
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Grim or drab; the antithesis of festive.
An air of gaiety and festal enjoyment, which contrasts singularly with the unholiday appearance of men and things in the interior of the country, reigns on the waters of the bays and rivers in the vicinity of the cities to a surprising degree.
Similar: lackluster, wan, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, boring, cold, colourless
Talk about this word "unholiday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unholiday. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unholiday. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unholiday "unholiday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unholiday.Cite this
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