" cheerlessness "

1: as in melancholy, joylessness;

•  Synonyms : 

•  dispiritedness,

•  joylessness,

•  melancholy,

•  blah,

•  boredom,

•  doldrums,

•  ennui,

•  listlessness,

•  restlessness,

•  tedium,

•  weariness,

•  languidness,

•  languor,

•  lassitude,

•  lethargy,

•  lifelessness,

•  torpidity,

•  torpor,

•  dullness,

•  monotonousness,

•  monotony,

•  sameness,

•  apathy,

•  indifference,

•  unconcern

•  Antonyms : 

•  beguilement,

•  bewitchment,

•  captivation,

•  enchantment,

•  fascination,

•  absorption,

•  engagement,

•  engrossment,

•  immersion,

•  involvement,

•  animation,

•  enlivenment,

•  excitement,

•  invigoration,

•  stimulation,

•  amusement,

•  entertainment,

•  diversion,

•  relief

1: causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer;

  * e.g., " ... a dank and cheerless castle that was once the site of unspeakable horrors "

•  Synonyms : 

•  black,

•  bleak,

•  chill,

•  Cimmerian,

•  cloudy,

•  cold,

•  comfortless,

•  dark,

•  darkening,

•  depressing,

•  depressive,

•  desolate,

•  dire,

•  disconsolate,

•  dismal,

•  drear,

•  dreary,

•  dreich,

•  elegiac,

•  forlorn,

•  funereal,

•  gloomy,

•  glum,

•  godforsaken,

•  gray,

•  lonely,

•  lonesome,

•  lugubrious,

•  miserable,

•  morbid,

•  morose,

•  murky,

•  plutonian,

•  saturnine,

•  sepulchral,

•  solemn,

•  somber,

•  sullen,

•  sunless,

•  tenebrific,

•  tenebrous,

•  wretched

•  Antonyms : 

•  bright,

•  cheerful,

•  cheering,

•  cheery,

•  comforting,

•  cordial,

•  festive,

•  friendly,

•  gay,

•  heartwarming,

•  sunshiny