cheerless
Example Sentences
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It was a signature cartel threat demanding that debtors pay up or face a cheerless alternative — a shower of lead, i.e., bullets.
From Los Angeles Times
"The beer situation is very cheerless," said Anton, a 36-year-old IT expert who works for a state financial organisation in Moscow.
From Reuters
Even when the dancers are in a joyful mood — and thank you, Roman Mejia and Gilbert Bolden III, for turning up the volume — the setting is cheerless.
From New York Times
Instead, at cheerless times like these, it’s worth appreciating the potential for profit embedded in dreadfully low prices.
From New York Times
The water was so torpid that a thick layer of dust had settled onto it, giving it a cheerless brown tinge.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
