humorless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English humor Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English humorless From humor + -less.
Meanings
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(US) Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
He watched the little dog's antics with a humorless stare.
At the risk of seeming humorless, we would like to point out some problems with the "bisexuality" insurance cartoon which appeared in the April Fool's issue of GCN.
1983 April 23, The BiVocals, “Gay-Identified Bisexuals”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more humorless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most humorless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| humourless | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Hypernyms
lacking · cheerless · stern · serious
Hyponyms
nonfunny · unwitty · unamused · jokeproof · agelastic · uncomical · unamusing · uncomic · unfunny
Relateds
misogelastic · boring · lack-laughter · sad
Synonyms
dark · morose · sunless · miserable · funny as a dose of the clap · drearisome · woeful · no joke · desolate · unmirthful · somber · mirthless · joyless · cheerless · unlaughable · mirthless · dreary · spiritless · jokeless · unhysterical · wintry · forlorn · nonhumorous · irrisible · drear · sombre · depressing · uncheery · uncheerful · unmerry · gloomsome · gayless · lack-laughter · grim · unfunny · lugubrious · jokeless · harsh · melancholy · gray · gloomy · unhilarious · unhappy · dismal · solemn · sullen · dire · dolesome · saturnine · disconsolate · comfortless · laughless · humorless · mirthless · doleful · unjocular · unjocose · unhumorous · dreich · bleak
Translations (6)
nl humorloos (lacking humor) · de humorlos (lacking humor) · ru лишенный чувства юмора (lacking humor) · fi kuivakka (lacking humor) · de witzlos (lacking humor) · fi tosikkomainen (lacking humor)