cheerless

Definition

Devoid of cheer; gloomy.

Etymology

From cheer + -less.

Example Sentences

• "I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, during which time I labored to show Queequeg that all these Lents, Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were stark nonsense; […]"
• "Men, women and children work together seven days in the week in these cheerless tenements to make a living for the family, from the break of day till far into the night."
• "The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud."

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