joyless

joyless
Synonyms and related words:
affecting, afflictive, anguished, anxious, austere, bitter, black, bleak, bored, cheerless, comfortless, crestfallen, dejected, deplorable, depressant, depressed, depressing, depressive, desolate, despondent, discomforting, disconsolate, discontented, disgusted, disheartened, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, dispirited, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, doleful, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, gloomy, grief-stricken, grievous, grim, heartsick, humorless, in bad humor, inconsolable, infestive, inhospitable, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, morose, mournful, moving, nauseated, nauseous, oppressive, out of humor, out of sorts, painful, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pleasureless, poignant, prey to malaise, regrettable, repelled, revolted, rueful, sad, saddened, saddening, severe, sharp, sickened, somber, sore, sorrowful, sorry, sorryish, suffering angst, touching, triste, uncheerful, uncheery, uncomfortable, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unjoyful, unmirthful, unquiet, unsatisfied, unsmiling, woebegone, woeful, wretched

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  • Joyless — Joy less, a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. {Joy less*ly}, adv. {Joy less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Youth and health and war are joyless to him. Addison. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Joyless — est un groupe norvégien formé en 1996 par plusieurs membres du groupe Forgotten Woods. Jouant à leurs débuts du Black Metal, ils ont évolué jusqu à maintenant vers du pop rock dépressif à chant féminin à partir de l album Wisdom Arrogance en 2000 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joyless — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Black Metal, Rock, Shoegazing Gründung 1996 Website …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • joyless — index bleak (not favorable), bleak (severely simple), despondent, disconsolate, grave (solemn), lamentable, lugubrious …   Law dictionary

  • joyless — (adj.) mid 14c., from JOY (Cf. joy) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Joylessly; joylessness …   Etymology dictionary

  • joyless — [adj] unhappy black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressant, depressed, depressing, dismal, dispirited, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, down in the mouth*, dragged, dreary, droopy, gloomy, have the blahs*, heavy*, low, melancholic,… …   New thesaurus

  • joyless — [joi′lis] adj. without joy; unhappy; sad joylessly adv. joylessness n …   English World dictionary

  • joyless — [[t]ʤɔ͟ɪləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is joyless produces no happiness or pleasure. [FORMAL] His work load, meanwhile, had become so enormous that life seemed joyless... Eating in East Berlin used to be a hazardous and joyless experience.… …   English dictionary

  • joyless — adjective not experiencing or inspiring joy a joyless man a joyless occasion joyless evenings • Ant: ↑joyous • Similar to: ↑funereal, ↑sepulchral, ↑mirthless …   Useful english dictionary

  • joyless — adjective 1) a joyless man Syn: gloomy, melancholy, morose, lugubrious, glum, somber, saturnine, sullen, dour, humorless Ant: cheerful 2) a joyless room …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • joyless — joylessly, adv. joylessness, n. /joy lis/, adj. 1. without joy or gladness; unhappy: the joyless days of the war. 2. causing no joy or pleasure. [1300 50; ME joyles. See JOY, LESS] Syn. 1. sad, cheerless, gloomy, dismal, miserable. Ant. 1. joyous …   Universalium

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