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Definition of Joyless
1. Adjective. Not experiencing or inspiring joy. "Joyless evenings"
Similar to: Funereal, Sepulchral, Mirthless, Unsmiling
Derivative terms: Joylessness
Antonyms: Joyous
Definition of Joyless
1. a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.
Definition of Joyless
1. Adjective. without joy; unhappy, sad ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Joyless
1. being without gladness [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyless
Literary usage of Joyless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"joyless I seek the solitary shade, Where dusky contemplation veils the scene ...
The clouded Moon emits a feeble glare; joyless 1 seek the darkling hill and ..."
2. Bits of Talk about Home Matters by Helen Hunt Jackson (1873)
"The truth is, this wretched and joyless expression on the American face is so
common that we are hardened to seeing it, and look for nothing better. ..."
3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"... but is not asked to resume Office—Lord Melbourne's Second Administration—His
Moderation— A Difficulty—Spring Rice—A joyless Victory—Exclusion of ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1861)
"Tet the last figures include Moscow and St. Petersburg, and represent a much more
rigorous, damp, uncertain, and joyless climate than the first. ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1861)
"Yet the last figures include Moscow and St. Petersburg, and represent a much more
rigorous, damp, uncertain, and joyless climate than the first. ..."
6. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"joyless. She strains your infant to her joyless breast, Make, all and every one,
... The weary night o' care and grief And joyless morn the same. ..."
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