Meaning of JOYLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'joylis
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" |
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| | Synonyms: | | funereal, mirthless, sepulchral, unamused, unsmiling |
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| | Antonyms: | | joyous | | |
| | See Also: | | cheerless, sorrowful, uncheerful, unhappy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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