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joy·less
(joi′lĭs)joy′less·ly adv.
joy′less·ness n.
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joyless
(ˈdʒɔɪlɪs)adj
having or producing no joy or pleasure
ˈjoylessly adv
ˈjoylessness n
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joy•less
(ˈdʒɔɪ lɪs)adj.
affording or causing no joy or pleasure.
[1300–50]
joy′less•ly, adv.
joy′less•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | joyless - not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" unhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" |
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joyless
adjective unhappy, sad, depressing, miserable, gloomy, dismal, dreary, dejected, dispirited, downcast, down in the dumps (informal), cheerless His work load had become so enormous that life seemed joyless.
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joyless
adjective1. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
joyless
[ˈdʒɔɪləs] adj (= cheerless) → triste
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
joyless
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