joyless

  • 1Joyless — Joy less, a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. {Joy less*ly}, adv. {Joy less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Youth and health and war are joyless to him. Addison. [1913… …

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  • 2Joyless — est un groupe norvégien formé en 1996 par plusieurs membres du groupe Forgotten Woods. Jouant à leurs débuts du Black Metal, ils ont évolué jusqu à maintenant vers du pop rock dépressif à chant féminin à partir de l album Wisdom Arrogance en 2000 …

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  • 3Joyless — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Black Metal, Rock, Shoegazing Gründung 1996 Website …

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  • 4joyless — index bleak (not favorable), bleak (severely simple), despondent, disconsolate, grave (solemn), lamentable, lugubrious …

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  • 5joyless — (adj.) mid 14c., from JOY (Cf. joy) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Joylessly; joylessness …

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  • 6joyless — [adj] unhappy black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressant, depressed, depressing, dismal, dispirited, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, down in the mouth*, dragged, dreary, droopy, gloomy, have the blahs*, heavy*, low, melancholic,… …

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  • 7joyless — [joi′lis] adj. without joy; unhappy; sad joylessly adv. joylessness n …

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  • 8joyless — [[t]ʤɔ͟ɪləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is joyless produces no happiness or pleasure. [FORMAL] His work load, meanwhile, had become so enormous that life seemed joyless... Eating in East Berlin used to be a hazardous and joyless experience.… …

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  • 9joyless — adjective not experiencing or inspiring joy a joyless man a joyless occasion joyless evenings • Ant: ↑joyous • Similar to: ↑funereal, ↑sepulchral, ↑mirthless …

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  • 10joyless — adjective 1) a joyless man Syn: gloomy, melancholy, morose, lugubrious, glum, somber, saturnine, sullen, dour, humorless Ant: cheerful 2) a joyless room …

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