humor
noun
a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.
humorlessness
-
a word derived from
humor.
Example Sentences
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Anyone lampooned with a scintilla of brutality knows that an appearance can temporarily inoculate against accusations of humorlessness.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
Part of what will make the fast-approaching Oedipal primary season so damned entertaining is the relative humorlessness of people like Mr. DeSantis and Mrs. Haley.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Maybe I’m wrong about Morrison’s humorlessness, which — my tastes having been shaped by deadpan wits from Kurt Cobain to the Notorious B.I.G. — more or less represents a deal-breaker for me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
One of Ephron’s most beloved essay collections, subtitled “Some Things About Women,” is a contrarian confrontation with the feminist revolution and its occasional humorlessness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
But then, too, his eyes had a dull, black humorlessness about them.
From The Scapegoat by Richard Maples
