summerless
Lacking warm season
Summerless describes a place, time, or experience that lacks summer or summer-like conditions.
It typically characterizes regions with perpetually cold climates where warm seasons never arrive, or years when unseasonably cold weather persists through what should be summer months.
The summerless Arctic tundra supports only the hardiest vegetation.
The word can also be used figuratively to suggest bleakness or an absence of warmth and vitality.
Of extreme northern cold
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
frozen · icebound · subzero · glacial · frost · chill · ice · snow
Inappropriate for the time
- atypicalNot conforming to type
- aberrantDeparting from what's typical
- uncharacteristicUnlike one's usual self
- anomalousDeviating from expected norms
volcanic winter · crop failure · failed harvest · nuclear winter
Dreary and without cheer
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- drearyDull and depressing
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- joylessWithout pleasure or gladness
dismal · desolate · somber · forlorn · cheerless · wistful · mournful · gray
Devoid of animation
- dormantInactive but capable
- growthlessWithout increase or development
- harvestlessBearing no yield
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
fallow · stark · bare · withered · flowerless · fruitless · unseeded · uncultivated
Without leisure breaks
arctic
Of extreme northern cold
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
frigid · frozen · icebound · subzero · glacial · frost · chill · ice · snow · freezing
unseasonable
Inappropriate for the time
- atypicalNot conforming to type
- aberrantDeparting from what's typical
- uncharacteristicUnlike one's usual self
anomalous · volcanic winter · crop failure · failed harvest · nuclear winter
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- drearyDull and depressing
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
joyless · dismal · desolate · somber · forlorn · cheerless · wistful · mournful · gray · sunless
lifeless
Devoid of animation
- dormantInactive but capable
- growthlessWithout increase or development
- harvestlessBearing no yield
unfruitful · fallow · stark · bare · withered · flowerless · fruitless · unseeded · uncultivated · infertile
vacationless
Without leisure breaks
summerlesssummery
Characteristic of warm months
sun-drenched · warm · balmy · hot · sweltering
summerlesstropical
Of hot, humid regions
equatorial · subtropical · torrid · Mediterranean · desert
summer, summertime, summers, summery, midsummer, summerlike, summersault