Adjective

(en adjective)

Not merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.

*{{quote-book, year=1895, author=William Morris, title=Child Christopher, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="Yea, much," she said; "it seems joyous to me: and I shall tell thee that I have mostly dwelt in unmerry houses, though they were of greater cost than this." }}

*{{quote-book, year=1914, author=William Morris, title=The Sundering Flood, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=But the Maiden, though she might hope the more to see her friend come back whole and sound, was unmerry at the tidings, she could scarce tell for why; neither did the Carline blame her therefore. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1989, date=March 24, author=Lawrence Bommer, title=The American, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=In an impassive 17th-century mansion in the Faubourg Saint-Germain Newman finds his prize possession an unmerry widow named Claire de Cintre. }}