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Devoid of cheer; gloomy.
- Men, women and children work together seven days in the week in these cheerless tenements to make a living for the family, from the break of day till far into the night.
- The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.
ant. blissful · cheerful · happy · humorful · joyful · mirthful