cheerless

adj.
Lacking cheer; depressing.

cheerlessly cheer'less·ly adv.
cheerlessness cheer'less·ness n.

adjective

1. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits: blue, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, melancholy, sad. See happy/unhappy.
2. Dark and depressing: black, bleak, blue, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific. See happy/unhappy, light/darkness.

adj

Definition: depressing, unhappy
Antonyms: bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lacking cheer; depressing
  Synonym: uncheerful
  Antonym: cheerful (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - trist, trøstesløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
droefgeestig, ongezellig

Français (French)
adj. - morne, triste, sombre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - freudlos, trübe

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άκεφος, αγέλαστος, άχαρος

Italiano (Italian)
tetro, sgradevole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desanimado, melancólico

Русский (Russian)
печальный, унылый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - triste, melancólico, de poco ambiente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glädjelös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不愉快的, 阴郁的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不愉快的, 陰鬱的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기쁨이 없는, 어두운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 喜びのない, 陰気な, わびしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كئيب, عابس, قاتم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קודר, עגום‬

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