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joyless

adj

Etymology

From joy + -less.

  1. derived from jöir
  2. inherited from joyen
  3. derived from gaudium
  4. derived from gaudia
  5. derived from joie
  6. inherited from joye
  7. formed as joyless — “joy + -less”

Definitions

  1. Without joy

    Without joy; unhappy, sad.

    • 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.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA