joyous
adjective
joyful; happy; jubilant.
unjoyous
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a word derived from
joyous.
Example Sentences
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On top of all this, my dears, the solemn, unjoyous faff of it!
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2014
The calmest, stillest seas, when left by them, Would awful frown, and all unjoyous seem.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
Scarcely on any bough is heard Joyous, or even unjoyous, bird The whole wood through.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
In its final, imperious stage, it seems the unjoyous dissipation of demons, seeking diversion on the burning marl of perdition.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
A certain amount of unjoyous cheerfulness was returning to her.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
