uncheerful

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There was an allegorical air—a person fond of Spenser will understand me—in this uncheerful spot, single in such a country, ‘The house was hearsed about with a black wood.’

From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell

Adj. cheerless, joyless, spiritless; uncheerful, uncheery†; unlively†; unhappy &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

But in Winter he was gloomy, Dark, and dismal, and uncheerful, And sat brooding as in anger, Robed in garments dull and heavy; All gay vesture now forsaken, And all music now forbidden.

From A Leaf from the Old Forest by Cossar, John D.

There is no reason to believe that any disadvantage accrued to Turner from his somewhat uncheerful birthplace.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

When no longer called upon to speak or listen—either of which operations cost him an evident effort—his face would briefly subside into its former not uncheerful quietude.

From The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel