Joyless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Joyless is an adjective meaning Without joy; unhappy, sad.
Meaning
Without joy; unhappy, sad.
Example Sentences
Without Joy, my life is joyless!
“It comes from chasing the fun,” says Regan. “A lot of the working-class cinema I grew up watching was so joyless. Endless trauma.”
The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.
Synonyms for joyless
Depending on context, synonyms include sad, cheerless, sepulchral, mirthless, funereal, unamused.
Antonyms for joyless
Common opposites include joyous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mirthless, unamused, unsmiling, funereal, sepulchral, austere.
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