cheerless Play adjectiveGloomy; depressing. SYNONYMS austerebareblandbleakclinicalcomfortlessdarkdepressingdesolatedimdingydishearteningdismaldispiritingdrabdrearydullfunerealgloomygrimimpersonalinhospitableinstitutionaljoylessmiserablesombrestarkunhappyuninvitingunwelcomingwretched