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Definitions for: Joyless [adj] not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
Webster (1913) Definition: Joy"less, a.
Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
Joy"less*ly, adv. -- Joy"less*ness, n.
With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.
Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.
[He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and
spurns the growing grass. --Dryden.
Synonyms: funereal, mirthless, sepulchral, unamused, unsmiling
Antonyms: joyous
See Also: cheerless, sorrowful, uncheerful, unhappy
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