Cheerless
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in The Sun Cryptic.
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Publications
- The Sun Cryptic - Sunday, 27 Jun 2021
- The Sun Cryptic - Thursday, 10 Jun 2021
Crossword Answers
3 letters
SAD
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
4 letters
DRAB
A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
DOUR
Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
DULL
Make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
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BLEAK
Offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
STARK
Completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"
DREAR
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
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DISMAL
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
DREARY
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
GLOOMY
Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
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DOLEFUL
Filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
AUSTERE
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
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DESOLATE
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
DOLOROUS
Showing sorrow
FUNEREAL
Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"
GRIEVOUS
Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
HOPELESS
Certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"
MOURNFUL
Filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
NAUSEOUS
Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
PATHETIC
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
PITIABLE
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
POIGNANT
Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"
TOUCHING
The act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
WRETCHED
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
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DEPRESSING
Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
UNCHEERFUL
Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"