dowie
Dull, dreary; melancholy.
There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman.
Where it comes from
From Scots dowie, apparently a form of dull + -ly.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dowie (CC BY-SA 4.0).