What is another word for joyless?
343 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈɔ͡ɪləs], [ dʒˈɔɪləs], [ dʒ_ˈɔɪ_l_ə_s]
When someone is joyless, they are lacking in happiness and cheer. There are several synonyms that can be used to express this feeling, including gloomy, morose, somber, and melancholy. All of these words convey a sense of sadness or lack of joy. Other synonyms for joyless include dispirited, dejected, depressed, and despondent. These words all describe a feeling of being down or defeated. When describing a person or situation that is joyless, it is important to choose the right word to convey the specific emotions that are being felt. Each of these synonyms brings its own nuances and shades of meaning that can help to more accurately describe the feeling or situation at hand.
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Similar words for joyless:
- cold (adjective)
- dejected (adjective)
- desolate (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- discontent (adjective)
- heartbreaking (adjective)
- pitiful (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bleak (adjective)
- cheerless (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- depressing (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- dispiriting (adjective)
- dreary (adjective)
- dusky (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- melancholy (adjective)
- ruthful (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- unhappy (adjective)
- joyless (noun)
Synonyms for Joyless:
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adj.
• cold • dejected- anguished ,
- anxious ,
- blue ,
- contemplative ,
- dejected ,
- depressed ,
- despairing ,
- despondent ,
- disconsolate ,
- discouraged ,
- disheartened ,
- dispirited ,
- dolorous ,
- downhearted ,
- gloomy ,
- glum ,
- grim ,
- heartbroken ,
- lachrymose ,
- miserable ,
- moody ,
- morose ,
- mournful ,
- overcome ,
- pensive ,
- plaintive ,
- sad ,
- sullen ,
- wistful ,
- woeful .
- bored ,
- cross ,
- disapproving ,
- discomposed ,
- discontent ,
- disgruntled ,
- displeased ,
- disquieted ,
- dissatisfied ,
- dissident ,
- exasperated ,
- fed up ,
- frustrated ,
- irreconcilable ,
- irritated ,
- malcontent ,
- non-satisfied ,
- restless ,
- sour ,
- teed off ,
- ticked off ,
- uncomfortable ,
- uneasy ,
- ungratified ,
- unhappy ,
- wretched .
- heart-rending ,
- heart rending ,
- more heart rending ,
- more heart-rending ,
- most heart rending ,
- most heart-rending .
- dis heartening ,
- dis-heartening ,
- drearer ,
- drearest ,
- funereal ,
- hopeless ,
- more disheartening ,
- more unpromising ,
- most disheartening ,
- most unpromising ,
- un promising ,
- un-promising .
- de pressed ,
- de-pressed ,
- drab ,
- draggier ,
- draggiest ,
- in dumps ,
- in the dumps ,
- jarring ,
- mopey ,
- mopier ,
- mopiest ,
- more dejecting ,
- more drearisome ,
- most dejecting ,
- most drearisome ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable ,
- woebegone .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- in auspicious ,
- in pits ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast ,
- overcast ,
- un fortunate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-happy .
- dark complexioned ,
- darkcomplexioned ,
- more adusk ,
- more crepuscular ,
- more dark complexioned ,
- more dark-complexioned ,
- more darkcomplexioned ,
- more darkish ,
- more lightless ,
- more twilight ,
- more twilit ,
- more unilluminated ,
- most adusk ,
- most brunette ,
- most crepuscular ,
- most dark complexioned ,
- most dark-complexioned ,
- most darkcomplexioned ,
- most darkish ,
- most lightless ,
- most twilight ,
- most twilit ,
- most unilluminated ,
- swart ,
- swarter ,
- swartest ,
- un illuminated ,
- un-illuminated .
- broodier ,
- broodiest ,
- down dumps ,
- down mouth ,
- down the dumps ,
- down the mouth ,
- more acherontic ,
- more chapfallen ,
- more dragged ,
- more mirthless ,
- more moping ,
- more mopish ,
- most acherontic ,
- most chapfallen ,
- most crabbed ,
- most dragged ,
- most mirthless ,
- most moping ,
- most mopish .
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n.
• joyless Other synonyms:
- bleak ,
- dispiriting ,
- tenebrific .
- depressing ,
- somber .
- desolate .
- black .
- dark .
Other relevant words:
- Drearisome ,
- Mopish ,
- acherontic ,
- adusk ,
- broody ,
- chapfallen ,
- cheerless ,
- cold ,
- crepuscular ,
- dark-complexioned ,
- darkish ,
- depressive ,
- down and out ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in mouth ,
- down in the dumps ,
- draggy ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- dusky ,
- in blue funk ,
- in low spirits ,
- in the pits ,
- lightless ,
- melancholy ,
- mirthless ,
- no nonsense ,
- torn up ,
- twilit ,
- unilluminated ,
- unpromising .
- Broken-hearted ,
- Gutted ,
- Harrowed ,
- Martyred ,
- abject ,
- bereft ,
- bit ,
- bittersweet ,
- blues ,
- born ,
- broken ,
- brooding ,
- bruised ,
- careworn ,
- chagrin ,
- choked ,
- crestfallen ,
- cut ,
- deflated ,
- demoralized ,
- disaffected ,
- disappointed ,
- disenchanted ,
- dishearten ,
- disillusioned ,
- dismay ,
- displease ,
- distraught ,
- distressed ,
- dog ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- dump ,
- dystopia ,
- forlorn ,
- funk ,
- grieving ,
- hapless ,
- hard ,
- heart ,
- heartsick ,
- homesick ,
- hurt ,
- inconsolable ,
- injured ,
- isolated ,
- lonely ,
- lonesome ,
- long ,
- lovelorn ,
- lovesick ,
- low-spirited ,
- lugubrious ,
- maudlin ,
- miserably ,
- mope ,
- mope around (somewhere) ,
- mouth ,
- pained ,
- repine ,
- sadly ,
- screwed up ,
- self-pity ,
- shaky ,
- shattered ,
- sick ,
- smart ,
- sorrowful ,
- sorry ,
- sort ,
- suicidal ,
- the doldrums ,
- traumatize ,
- unfulfilled ,
- unsmiling ,
- upset ,
- vale ,
- woe ,
- wounded .
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How to use "Joyless" in context?
The word "joyless" can describe someone or something that does not have much joy or happiness in their life. This word can be used to describe an individual or a situation that does not have much happiness or excitement.
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