Antonym of cheerful

Antonyms of adj cheerful

2 senses of cheerful

Sense 1:

cheerful (vs. depressing)

depressing (vs. cheerful), cheerless, uncheerful
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, drearysomber, sombre, melancholy

Sense 2:

cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat

INDIRECT (VIA optimistic) -> pessimistic