joyless
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɔɪləs/
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- The atmosphere at the party was joyless, with everyone lost in their own thoughts.
- joyless life
- joyless meal
- joyless man
They, they want them joyless and jobless and voiceless.
- They, they want them joyless and jobless and voiceless.
- Or it was like it it was they feel joyless.
Examples
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It's so melancholy, so joyless.
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Now our boats lie idle, and we drink in joyless surrender to our economic fate.
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How joyless I am now.
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Life with you was joyless!
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"Whatever he wants," she'd say, in a heavy, joyless voice.
Fiction book (1991) -
" She laughed in the joyless, angry way of those who have been disappointed in love.
Fiction book (1990) -
Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness have become what one person once called a kind of joyless quest for joy.
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"Hattie laid her purse down with a joyless cry."
Fiction book (1990) -
Poor Daddy, surrounded by filthy rats in this joyless, sunless void!
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Weight loss can be difficult, but it doesn't have to be a joyless, taste-free endeavor either.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling sad or not pleased about something
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2.8
Not enjoyable to do or be around
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5.5
Not bright or warm and making people feel sad
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8.0
A smile or laugh that shows no real joy
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7.0
Not cheerful or happy
Not enjoyable or satisfying
Not amused or cheerful
Antonyms
How Joyful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Joyless is simply the word joy plus the ending -less, which means 'without', as in hopeless. So joyless literally means 'without joy', and that is why we use it for people or places that show no happiness or pleasure.