joylessness

joylessness
Synonyms and related words:
angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom, cheerlessness, comfortlessness, depression, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, dismalness, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, distressfulness, dread, dreariness, dullness, emptiness, ennui, existential woe, flatness, grief, grievousness, grimness, humorlessness, infelicity, infestivity, inquietude, lack of pleasure, lamentability, lamentation, malaise, mirthlessness, misery, mournfulness, nausea, nongratification, nonsatisfaction, pain, painfulness, pathos, pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, poignancy, regrettableness, sadness, savorlessness, sharpness, sorrowfulness, spleen, staleness, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, uncheerfulness, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, unjoyfulness, unmirthfulness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, vexation of spirit, woebegoneness, woefulness, wretchedness

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  • joylessness — index damper (depressant), pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Joylessness — 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • joylessness — noun see joy I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • joylessness — See joylessly. * * * …   Universalium

  • joylessness — noun The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy. Syn: anhedonia …   Wiktionary

  • joylessness — n. lack of happiness, sadness, sorrowfulness, bleakness, cheerlessness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • joylessness — joy·less·ness …   English syllables

  • joylessness — See: joyless …   English dictionary

  • joylessness — noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑joyless • Hypernyms: ↑cheerlessness, ↑uncheerfulness …   Useful english dictionary

  • joy — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French joie, from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium, from gaudēre to rejoice; probably akin to Greek gēthein to rejoice Date: 13th century 1. a. the emotion evoked by well being, success, or good… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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