joyless

joy·less  (joils)

adj.

Cheerless; dismal.

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joyless·ly adv.

joyless·ness n.

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joyless

Adjective

feeling or bringing no joy

Thesaurus

Adj.

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joyless - not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" unhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

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joyless

adjective unhappy, sad, depressing, miserable, gloomy, dismal, dreary, dejected, dispirited, downcast, down in the dumps (informal) cheerless