joyless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin gaudeō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin gaudia Old French joiebor. Middle English joye English joy 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 joyless From joy + -less.
Meanings
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Without joy; unhappy, sad.
The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.
2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 225:Without Joy, my life is joyless!
“It comes from chasing the fun,” says Regan. “A lot of the working-class cinema I grew up watching was so joyless. Endless trauma.”
2023 August 24, Cath Clarke, “‘A lot of working-class cinema is so joyless’: Charlotte Regan on her candy-coloured debut Scrapper”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most joyless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more joyless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (16)
grc ἀγηθής (without joy) · bg мрачен (without joy) · ka გაუხარებელი (without joy) · bg тъжен (without joy) · ang wynlēas (without joy) · tr keyifsiz (without joy) · hi अमोद (without joy) · lt bedžiaugsmis (without joy) · ga dúchroíoch (without joy) · de freudlos (without joy) · eo senĝoja (without joy) · pl bezradosny (without joy) · es amargado (without joy) · es triste (without joy) · tr neşesiz (without joy) · ka უსიხარულო (without joy)