Cheerless (Adjective)
Meaning
Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The documentary depicted a cheerless future for the environment, leaving viewers feeling hopeless and helpless.
- A cheerless fog settled over the city, shrouding the streets and buildings in a dismal grey mist.
- There was something cheerless about the way the small café seemed abandoned, even on a bustling weekday afternoon.
- His words dripped with a cheerless realism, weighing heavily on the team's spirits and sapping their energy.
- The hospital's colorless walls and antiseptic scent made it a cheerless place, filled with worry and sickness.