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   Joy·less

   /ˈjoiləs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal: "she had to face the thought of a joyless future" Similar gloomymelancholymoroselugubriousglumsombersaturninesullendourmirthlesshumorlessunhappysadmiserabledepresseddespondentsunk in gloomheavy-hearteddolefuldowncastdejecteddispiriteddepressingcheerlessgloomydrearybleakdispiritingdrabdismaldesolatewretchedcomfortlessausterestarksombergrimunwelcominguninvitinginhospitableliterary:drearOpposite cheerfulfun-lovingpleasantwelcoming

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   • 1. joylessly adverb

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   Joy is the emotion of well-being, success, or good fortune, or the expression or exhibition of such emotion. Joyless means lacking joy or happiness. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of joy.

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   What does joyless mean?

   • This made the fourth, and the wife of only six months' standing, had a heavy and joyless heart. The seeming loveless weather that hung over the earth and filled the air, was in joyless harmony with his feelings. Joyless definition: without joy or gladness; unhappy. See examples of JOYLESS used in a sentence.

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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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   What is a joyless day?

   • the joyless days of the war. causing no joy or pleasure. 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 is a joyless story?

   • The story is a joyless one of high charges, exploitation and bitterness that springs from a deep injustice, which is felt widely. It is a joyless subject. Whether the relationship was loving or joyless, tender or brutal, fulfilling or empty, many women simply had no choice and some of them lived in fear of yet another pregnancy.

   JOYLESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishJOYLESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   being without happiness or pleasure:

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › joylessJOYLESS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   being without happiness or pleasure:

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

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   Joyless means not experiencing or inspiring joy or pleasure. Find the origin, usage, and examples of joyless and its related words, such as cheerless, depressing, and gloomy.

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   Definitions of joyless. adjective. not experiencing or inspiring joy. “a joyless man”. “a joyless occasion”. “ joyless evenings”. synonyms: cheerless, depressing, uncheerful. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishJOYLESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Joyless means having or producing no joy or pleasure. It is a formal adjective that can describe something or someone. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, sentences and word origin of joyless.