JOYLESS

joyless

(adjective) not experiencing or inspiring joy; “a joyless man”; “a joyless occasion”; “joyless evenings”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

joyless (comparative more joyless, superlative most joyless)

without joy; unhappy, sad

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:sad

Source: Wiktionary


Joy"less, a.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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