adjective. Lacking cheer; depressing.

Without joy, gladness, or comfort; gloomy; destitute of anything to enliven or animate the spirits.

adjective. Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

adjective. devoid of cheer; gloomy

adjective. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

"With such a vivid prospect of despair, he carried his beaver some distance up the stream, split the meat for drying, and remained in cheerless solitude during the night."

blue  dark  dingy  disconsolate  dismal  

arid  bleak  chilly  comfortless  dank  

affecting  afflictive  affording no hope  anguished  anxious