Joyless

adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without joy; unhappy, sad.

    "Without Joy, my life is joyless!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not experiencing or inspiring joy wordnet

Synonyms

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mirthlessunsmilingdarkmoodysaturninesombre

Example

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"According to David Frum, the US Republican Party staged a convention which was their most listless and most joyless in twenty years, but Elizabeth Warren characterized that convention as the nastiest and most divisive in half a century."

Etymology

From joy + -less.

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