joyless
(adjective) not experiencing or inspiring joy; “a joyless man”; “a joyless occasion”; “joyless evenings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
joyless (comparative more joyless, superlative most joyless)
without joy; unhappy, sad
• 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
