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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rejoiceless en · ADJ

Etymology

From rejoice + -less.

Meanings

  1. Without rejoicing
    • Terror guarded the mid-region Where everything was Greeks And I needed to risk it In the dark And rejoiceless heart Of helplessness 2002, Donald Revell, Arcady, page 70:
    • Feminine doves, also suggesting the form of the Holy Spirit, nest in these "Caves of Passion," which are "voiceless," yet not "rejoiceless." 2007, Margaret Diane Stetz, Cheryl Ann Wilson, Michael Field and their world, page 187:
    • To laugh off tempts to going overly 'blue' (any rejoiceless spirits), depressed, deflated, etc. “The One whose throne is in heavens sits laughing” (Ps 2:4) refers to God. 2015, Father Yours, *John 6:66, Eternity with the TRINITY Vs Eternity with the Beast:

Forms

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more rejoiceless Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rejoiceless Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

rejoiceful