(a.) Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

affecting afflictive affording no hope anguished anxious apathetic bitter bleak bored comfortless deplorable depressed depressing depressive despairing desperate despondent discomforting disconsolate discontented disgusted dismal dismaying dispiriting distressful distressing dolorific dolorogenic dolorous dreary forlorn funereal grievous grim hopeless humorless in bad humor in despair infestive joyless lamentable mirthless miserable mournful moving nauseated nauseous oppressive out of humor out of sorts painful pathetic piteous pitiable pleasureless poignant prey to malaise regrettable repelled revolted rueful sad saddening sharp sickened somber sore sorrowful sorry sorryish suffering angst touching uncheerful uncheery uncomfortable uneasy unfulfilled ungratified unhappy unhopeful unjoyful unmirthful unquiet unsatisfied unsmiling without hope woebegone woeful wretched