Synonyms for joyless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : joi-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪ lɪs

Top 10 synonyms for joyless

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Définition of joyless

Origin : mid-14c., from joy + -less. Related: Joylessly; joylessness.

adj unhappy

Example sentences :

"No," she said, slowly, joyless resignation mingling with pride in her voice.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

To me they are written in the dreary memory of a joyless, weary existence.
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Thereon Drepanum receives me in its haven and joyless border.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

Bertha had never mingled with a gay crowd in so joyless a mood.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

These rays were joyless to the heart of the poor young girl, who wept and prayed.
Extract from : « The Pearl of Lima » by Jules Verne

She glanced at him out of the corners of her eyes; if she was joyless, no less was he.
Extract from : « The Secret House » by Edgar Wallace

Of all false doctrines that of the sour-faced, joyless puritan is the falsest.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

Without woman the two extremities of life would be helpless, and the middle of it joyless.
Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow

The future was dark and forbidding, as the past had been joyless and hopeless.
Extract from : « Watch and Wait » by Oliver Optic

They take colour from sunlight, and are joyless in colour as in shade.
Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith

Antonyms for joyless

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