cheerless

As adjectives the difference between dull and cheerless

is that dull is lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp while cheerless is devoid of cheer; gloomy.

As a verb dull

is to render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.

Cheerless is a related term of forbidding.

As adjectives the difference between cheerless and forbidding

is that cheerless is devoid of cheer; gloomy while forbidding is highly unpleasant or disagreeable.

As a verb forbidding is

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As a noun forbidding is

the act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

Dispirted is likely misspelled.

Dispirted has no English definition.

As an adjective cheerless

is devoid of cheer; gloomy.

As adjectives the difference between cheerless and cheekless

is that cheerless is devoid of cheer; gloomy while cheekless is without cheeks.

As adjectives the difference between dismal and cheerless

is that dismal is disappointingly inadequate while cheerless is devoid of cheer; gloomy.