Dictionary Definition
joyless adj : not experiencing or inspiring joy;
"a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" [ant:
joyous]
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Synonyms, Antonyms 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