mirthless

adj
/ˈmɝθləs/

Etymology

From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less.

  1. inherited from myrtheles

Definitions

  1. Lacking mirth

    Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.

    • The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal...
    • In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot [title]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mirthless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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