Synonyms: cheerless, depressing, uncheerful
Definition: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Usage: the economic outlook is depressing; something cheerless about the room; a moody and uncheerful person; an uncheerful place
Similar words: gloomy, grim, sorry, dark, drab, drear, dreary, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, blue
Definition: causing dejection
Usage: 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
Similar words: melancholy, somber, sombre
Definition: grave or even gloomy in character
Usage: solemn and mournful music; a suit of somber black; a somber mood