a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort.
-- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night. Spenser.
Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn. [ 1913 Webster ]