joylessness

joylessness
See joylessly.

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  • joylessness — index damper (depressant), pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • 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 — 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

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