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adjective
- 1. not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal: "she had to face the thought of a joyless future" Similar Opposite
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being without happiness or pleasure:
the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight… See the full definition
not experiencing or inspiring joy. “a joyless man”. “a joyless occasion”. “ joyless evenings”. synonyms: cheerless, depressing, uncheerful. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. unhappy. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent.
Joyless definition: without joy or gladness; unhappy. See examples of JOYLESS used in a sentence.
Definition of joyless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Eating out used to be a joyless experience. Synonyms: unhappy , sad , depressing , miserable More Synonyms of joyless Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
Define joyless. joyless synonyms, joyless pronunciation, joyless translation, English dictionary definition of joyless. adj. Cheerless; dismal. joy′less·ly adv. joy′less·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Britannica Dictionary definition of JOYLESS. [more joyless; most joyless] : not feeling, causing, or showing happiness : sad or unhappy. a joyless occasion/person/look.
joyless meaning, definition, what is joyless: without any happiness at all: Learn more.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective joyless mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective joyless. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
