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
In a fine bravura style Griselda then began to sing— "What have I to do with thee, Dull, unjoyous constancy?" &c.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Maria Edgeworth
A certain amount of unjoyous cheerfulness was returning to her.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
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
III The wat'ry Length of these unjoyous Moors Does all the flow'ry Meadow's Pride excel, Through these I fly to her my Soul adores; Ye flowery Meadows, empty Pride, Farewel.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison
