cheerless

• The December day was damp and cheerless, and the coal fire in the ugly old-fashioned grate beneath the elaborate marble mantel burned in a grudging, spiritless way. —  The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story
• Even the vines look cheerless--and where have they put all the flowers? —  Agatha's Husband A Novel
• The wind had nearly spent its fury, and was subsiding fast; but the prospect was cheerless--a dark wintry sky and rolling sea, and nothing living in view except the sea-bird that screamed as it skimmed over the white tops of the waves. —  The King's Own
• Drear and cheerless--no trace of woman's habitation--no vestige of intruding, happy children. —  The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852
• It will be a lesson to us both not to judge by appearances The day was cold and cheerless, and after an hour spent on the rampart most of the party were glad to return to the casemates. —  With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War

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