About The Word Joyless

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Joyless

Joyless Meaning & Definition
Joyless Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Joyless?

[adj] not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Joyless: funereal | mirthless | sepulchral | unamused | unsmiling

Related Terms | Find terms related to Joyless: affecting | afflictive | anguished | anxious | austere | bitter | black | bleak | bored | cheerless | comfortless | crestfallen | dejected | deplorable | depressant | depressed | depressing | depressive | desolate | despondent | discomforting | disconsolate | discontented | disgusted | disheartened | disheartening | dismal | dismaying | dispirited | dispiriting | distressful | distressing | doleful | dolorific | dolorogenic | dolorous | down | downcast | downhearted | dreary | gloomy | grief-stricken | grievous | grim | heartsick | humorless | in bad humor | inconsolable | infestive | inhospitable | lamentable | lugubrious | melancholic | melancholy | mirthless | miserable | morose | 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 | saddened | saddening | severe | sharp | sickened | somber | sore | sorrowful | sorry | sorryish | suffering angst | touching | triste | uncheerful | uncheery | uncomfortable | uneasy | unfulfilled | ungratified | unhappy | unjoyful | unmirthful | unquiet | unsatisfied | unsmiling | woebegone | woeful | wretched

See Also | cheerless | sorrowful | uncheerful | unhappy

Joyless In Webster's Dictionary

\Joy"less\, a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. -- {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n. With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden. Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison. [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass. --Dryden.

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