Joylessness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
     Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
     {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n.
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           With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.


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           Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.
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           [He] pining for the lass,
           Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  joylessness
       n : a feeling of dismal cheerlessness

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "joylessness":
     angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom,
     cheerlessness, comfortlessness, depression, discomfort,
     discomposure, discontent, dislike, dismalness, displeasure,
     disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, distressfulness, dread,
     dreariness, dullness, emptiness, ennui, existential woe, flatness,
     grief, grievousness, grimness, humorlessness, infelicity,
     infestivity, inquietude, lack of pleasure, lamentability,
     lamentation, malaise, mirthlessness, misery, mournfulness, nausea,
     nongratification, nonsatisfaction, pain, painfulness, pathos,
     pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, poignancy, regrettableness,
     sadness, savorlessness, sharpness, sorrowfulness, spleen,
     staleness, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, uncheerfulness,
     uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, unjoyfulness,
     unmirthfulness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, vexation of spirit,
     woebegoneness, woefulness, wretchedness