joyless
adjective
without joy or gladness; unhappy.
joylessness
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a word derived from
joyless.
Example Sentences
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Her house is pristine and lifeless, reflecting Pansy’s own sense of joylessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
But the joylessness of Diamond’s personality, as detailed by the musical’s book writer, Anthony McCracken, exists in a discomfiting, static counterpoint to the dynamism of his music.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2022
The two loneliest howlers in hip-hop unite for a meditation on the joylessness of fame.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Making her second album during the pandemic also helped her combat the feelings of "joylessness" she'd experienced in her teens.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2022
Here in England I have come face to face with destitution; with hunger, labour, sweat, and barren joylessness.
From The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher by Laurence Alma-Tadema
