joylessness

Noun

Meaning

a feeling of dismal cheerlessness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

depression blues pain anxiety distress grief despair discontent dissatisfaction discomfort sorrow misery melancholy sadness boredom
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Antonyms

bliss felicity glee festival confidence happiness
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Hypernyms

cheerlessness uncheerfulness

Examples

The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness. Friedrich Nietzsche

My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me. Billy Crystal

Blessedly, the occasional chaplain of The Colbert Report saves the Christian tradition from soul-stifling joylessness. Source: Internet

The company has been getting its sense of humor back in the last couple years, largely as a response to the joylessness that permeated many of the New 52 titles, and DC brought Ennis back into the fold with last year’s DCYou initiative. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

joykiller joyless joylessly joylike joyn joyne