Definition for Joylessness:

• a feeling of dismal cheerlessness

Synonyms for Joylessness:

• n.

  •dejection (noun)
  • despondency,
  • contemplativeness,
  • sullenness,
  • discouragement,
  • mournfulness,
  • pensiveness,
  • grimness,
  • disheartenment,
  • dispiritedness,
  • downheartedness,
  • depression,
  • melancholy,
  • sadness,
  • blues,
  • dolorousness,
  • wistfulness,
  • despair,
  • moodiness,
  • dejection,
  • glumness,
  • plaintiveness,
  • woefulness,
  • moroseness.
  •discontentment (noun)
  • boredom,
  • displeasure,
  • inquietude,
  • uneasiness,
  • exasperation,
  • wretchedness,
  • discomfort,
  • anguish,
  • irritation,
  • angst,
  • discontent,
  • non-satisfaction,
  • cheerlessness,
  • misery,
  • frustration,
  • discomposure,
  • sourness,
  • disgruntlement,
  • disquiet,
  • ennui,
  • despondence,
  • uncomfortableness,
  • anxiety,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • gloominess.
  •dreariness (noun)
  • dryness,
  • insipidity,
  • jejuneness,
  • dullness,
  • vapidness,
  • vapidity,
  • insipidness,
  • blandness,
  • flavorlessness,
  • flatness,
  • drabness.
  •feeling (noun)
  • joylessness.
  •unhappiness (noun)
  • woe,
  • heartache,
  • gloom,
  • grief.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • boringness,
  • colorlessness,
  • dreariness,
  • forlornness,
  • lifelessness,
  • unhappiness.

Antonyms for Joylessness:

• n.

  • dreariness
    encouragement.
  • unhappiness
    felicity, bliss, delight, happiness, joy, gladness, cheer.
  • Other antonyms:
    euphoria, joyfulness, heaven, ecstasy, joyousness, cheerfulness, contentment, elation, humor, mirthfulness, hopefulness, blissfulness, lightheartedness, content, satisfaction, gladsomeness, glee, exultation, exhilaration, rapture, sunniness, jollity, exuberance, Elatedness, contentedness, jubilation, optimism, joviality, rapturousness, gleefulness, gaiety, gayness, mirth, merriment, intoxication, gratification.

Joylessness Sentence Examples:

• That pale and solitary mother, mourning over the grave of her - of his own - child, rose again before his eyes, and seemed silently to ask him for an account of the heart he had made barren, and of the youth to which his love had brought the joylessness of age.

Hyponym for Joylessness:

• n.

  • feeling
    cheerlessness, uncheerfulness.