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English Dictionary: joyless by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joyless
adj
  1. not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
    Antonym(s): joyous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
      Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
      {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n.
  
               With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.
  
               Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.
  
               [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and
               spurns the growing grass.                        --Dryden.
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