cheerless Synonyms
Strongest:
- solemn
- somber
- morbid
- grey
- desolate
- cold
- gray
- miserable
- depressive
- murky
- lonely
- lonesome
- depressing
- darkening
- bleak
- dark
Strong:
- funereal
- morose
- sepulchral
- sullen
- godforsaken
- black
- sad
- lugubrious
- sombre
- dire
- oppressive
- wretched
- saturnine
- forlorn
- unhappy
- glum
- disconsolate
- chill
- depressed
- melancholy
- blue
- dreary
- gloomy
- elegiac
- comfortless
- dreich
- dismal
- drear
- cloudy
Weak:
- louring
- drab
- dismaying
- threatening
- dispiriting
- sorrowful
- melancholic
- pessimistic
- cimmerian
- mournful
- discomfiting
- droopy
- dull
- tenebrific
- menacing
- despondent
- negative
- disheartening
- grim
- plutonian
- hopeless
- colorless
- tenebrous
- plaintive
- woebegone
- inconsolable
- sunless
- down
- low
- discouraging
- dejected
- distressing
- woeful
- hangdog
- upsetting
- distressful
- dim
- dour
- lamentable
- mirthless
- elegiacal
- desperate
Strongest:
- buoyant
- cheery
- bright
- jolly
- jolly
- joyous
- sunshiny
- cordial
- buoyant
- gay
- festive
- comforting
- bright
- friendly
- comforting
- joyful
- cordial
- cheery
- friendly
- cheerful
- gay
- merry
- merry
- cheerful
- joyous
- sunshiny
- festive
- joyful
Strong:
- blithesome
- blithesome
- blithe
- gay
- heartwarming
- hopeful
- jocund
- gay
- cheering
- hopeful
- optimistic
- optimistic
- mirthful
- jocund
- encouraging
- heartwarming
- mirthful
- cheering
- blithe
- encouraging
Weak:
cheerless Meaning
cheerless (a)
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
cheerless (a.)
Without joy, gladness, or comfort.
cheerless Sentence Examples
- The abandoned house stood on the hill, its empty windows like vacant eyes in a cheerless face.
- The rain fell in a monotonous drizzle, creating a cheerless atmosphere outside.
- The hospital waiting room had a cheerless air, filled with anxious faces and hushed whispers.
- With the holidays cancelled, the town square looked especially cheerless, devoid of its usual festive decorations.
- The bare branches of the trees stretched towards the gray sky, adding to the cheerless landscape.
- Despite the bright lights, the empty dance floor lent a cheerless feeling to the club.
- He woke up to a cheerless day, feeling tired and unmotivated.
- The news report painted a cheerless picture of the economic situation, leaving viewers anxious.
- The once vibrant market, now abandoned, stood as a reminder of a bygone era, its empty stalls radiating a cheerless silence.
- The solitary figure walked down the deserted street, a picture of loneliness amidst the city's cheerless winter night.
FAQs About the word cheerless
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacyWithout joy, gladness, or comfort.
solemn, somber, morbid, grey, desolate, cold, gray, miserable, depressive, murky
buoyant, cheery, bright, jolly, jolly, joyous, sunshiny, cordial, buoyant, gay
The abandoned house stood on the hill, its empty windows like vacant eyes in a cheerless face.
The rain fell in a monotonous drizzle, creating a cheerless atmosphere outside.
The hospital waiting room had a cheerless air, filled with anxious faces and hushed whispers.
With the holidays cancelled, the town square looked especially cheerless, devoid of its usual festive decorations.