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     • Definition of joyless adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary joyless adjective /ˈdʒɔɪləs/ /ˈdʒɔɪləs/ (formal) bringing no happiness; without joy
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   What is the synonym for joyless?

   • The synonyms for joyless include: adj. #feeling, sorrow, low-spirited, depressed, lugubrious, unconsolable, and negativism.

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   What does joylessness mean?

   • affording or causing no joy or pleasure. joy′less•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1. Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

   Joyless - definition of joyless by The Free Dictionary

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   What is a joyless experience?

   • Something that is joyless produces no happiness or pleasure. Life seemed joyless. Eating out used to be a joyless experience. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   Where did the word joyless come from?

   • First recorded in 1300–50, joyless is from the Middle English word joyles. See joy, -less She’s appalled by the “solitary, joyless rectitude” of another enslaved Trojan who insists on covertly burying Priam and performing funeral rites at the grave.

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   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.

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   joyless. adjective. uk / ˈdʒɔɪ.ləs / us / ˈdʒɔɪ.ləs / Add to word list. unhappy: Jane is trapped in a joyless marriage. Synonym. unhappy. Opposites. joyful. joyous literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom.

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   joyless. (dʒɔɪləs ) adjective. Something that is joyless produces no happiness or pleasure. [formal] Life seemed joyless. Eating out used to be a joyless experience. Synonyms: unhappy, sad, depressing, miserable More Synonyms of joyless. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. joyless in British English.

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   Synonyms for JOYLESS: unhappy, sad, miserable, depressed, heartbroken, melancholy, bad, sorry; Antonyms of JOYLESS: joyous, joyful, cheerful, happy, blissful, gleeful, jubilant, cheery.

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   Joyless definition: without joy or gladness; unhappy. See examples of JOYLESS used in a sentence.

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   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.