joylessness
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Joylessness — Joyless 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
joylessness — noun see joy I … New Collegiate Dictionary
joylessness — See joylessly. * * * … Universalium
joylessness — noun The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy. Syn: anhedonia … Wiktionary
joylessness — Synonyms and related words: angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom, cheerlessness, comfortlessness, depression, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, dismalness, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress,… … Moby Thesaurus
joylessness — n. lack of happiness, sadness, sorrowfulness, bleakness, cheerlessness … English contemporary dictionary
joylessness — joy·less·ness … English syllables
joylessness — See: joyless … English dictionary
joylessness — noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑joyless • Hypernyms: ↑cheerlessness, ↑uncheerfulness … Useful english dictionary
joy — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French joie, from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium, from gaudēre to rejoice; probably akin to Greek gēthein to rejoice Date: 13th century 1. a. the emotion evoked by well being, success, or good… … New Collegiate Dictionary
