joylessness
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɔɪləsnəs/
- Is there really a value to understanding heartlessness, contempt, joylessness, cruelty, or dysregulated anger?
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Watch on YouTubeWhat passes on this island, this loss of craft and pride, this joylessness, this waste.
- What passes on this island, this loss of craft and pride, this joylessness, this waste.
- Is there really a value to understanding heartlessness, contempt, joylessness, cruelty, or dysregulated anger?
- It's if you grew up with this, it's like military precision, coldness, joylessness, orderliness, judgement, harshness.
Examples
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What passes on this island, this loss of craft and pride, this joylessness, this waste.
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Perhaps what turns you off is the inherent joylessness of orthorexia.
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It's if you grew up with this, it's like military precision, coldness, joylessness, orderliness, judgement, harshness.
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The abstinence movement represents a return to those bleak days, a return to repression, joylessness, terror, shame, and subordination.
Academic text (2004) -
This almost professional commitment to joylessness reinforces my conviction that Naipaul's sense of homelessness is real enough; it also reinforces my sense that there is a deep connection between his homelessness and what has happened to his writing.
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After years of working in a joylessness office environment, she decided it was time to find a more fulfilling job.
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His joylessness became evident when he refused to join the celebrations at the party.
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The joylessness of the atmosphere at the meeting made it difficult to generate enthusiasm for the project.
Synonyms
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A feeling of being unhappy
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A feeling of sadness or not feeling satisfied with life
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A feeling of sadness and little hope felt by people or in a place
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A quiet feeling of sadness and low spirits
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A feeling of sadness and no hope
A feeling of gloom and sadness that lowers your mood
Antonyms
How Joyful
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Morphology
Etymology
Joylessness is built from the simple word joy plus the part less, meaning 'without', and the ending -ness, meaning 'a state'. So joylessness literally means 'the state of being without joy', which is why it describes a lack of happiness or cheer.