Modifies a noun

• winter: Will, despite his sadness, was a great comfort in the cheerless winter of 1919-20.

• prospect: It was a cheerless prospect, but one stimulating to a traveler.

• garden: The kail grows brittle from the snow in my dank and cheerless garden.

• room: It had huge cheerless rooms and the service was very poor.

• place: Campbeltown itself, although bustling with activity, was a gray and cheerless place.