CHEERLESS
ADJECTIVES
1305 — ELENGELY cheerless, solitary, miserable, dejected → obs.
1597 — DARK cheerless, gloomy, dismal, sad
1660 — UNHEARTSOME cheerless, melancholy, sad → Sc.
1830 — MURKY sullen, cheerless, gloomy; said of a look, a person’s demeanour, etc.
1845 — UNHEARTY cheerless, disheartened; wretched, sad → Sc.
1900 — GABBERNY cheerless, comfortless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)