Related Clues:

• Far from promising
• Melancholic
• Not exactly chipper
• Dispiriting
• Sombre
• Uninviting
• Dark and gloomy
• Having a cheerless aspect
• Far from perky
• Not at all sunny
• Visibly unhappy
• Like reality, at times
• Gloomy or stern
• Silently ill-humored
• Stern-looking