joyless
without joy or gladness; unhappy: the joyless days of the war.
causing no joy or pleasure.
Origin of joyless
1Other words for joyless
Opposites for joyless
Other words from joyless
- joy·less·ly, adverb
- joy·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby joyless
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How to use joyless in a sentence
She’s appalled by the “solitary, joyless rectitude” of another enslaved Trojan who insists on covertly burying Priam and performing funeral rites at the grave.
Pat Barker’s ‘The Women of Troy’ continues her brilliant reassessment of the Trojan War | Wendy Smith | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostIn response to the latter, a new generation of chefs, most notably David Chang, embraced the “lowbrow,” waxing about Popeyes and Domino’s, insisting anyone who didn’t enjoy it was a joyless snob.
Boston Red Sox historian Gordon Edes called it “the most joyless World Series ever.”
This Year's World Series Isn't the First Played During a Pandemic. Here's What Happened to Baseball in 1918 | Melissa August | October 23, 2020 | TimeI mean, what kind of joyless world are we leaving for our children?
If married life is as boring and joyless as this document, I am glad I am celibate.
The quintessentially American lesson he learns is never to be joyless.
The traffic was as light as if it were some joyless holiday.
Hurricane Sandy Victim Jacob Vogelman’s Mother Remembers His Life | Michael Daly | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe man was like a dark cloud—rather like having a joyless loan officer run the country.
Only that strange bird perched, joyless and alone, over the fire, on the pole from which the kettle hung.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel PowersAs this joyless impossibility flitted across my mind, I rounded a bleak sand-dune.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. ChambersAfter many years of joyless life, the blind grandmother had at last found something to make her happy.
Heidi | Johanna SpyriThis made the fourth, and the wife of only six months' standing, had a heavy and joyless heart.
The White Shield | Myrtle ReedThe seeming loveless weather that hung over the earth and filled the air, was in joyless harmony with his feelings.
There and Back | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for joyless
/ (ˈdʒɔɪlɪs) /
having or producing no joy or pleasure
Derived forms of joyless
- joylessly, adverb
- joylessness, noun
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