English Explanatory Dictionary

mirthless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.

Pronunciation

mûrth'lĭs mûrth'lĕs /ˈmɝθləs/ /ˈmɝθlɪs/ en-us-mirthless.ogg

Word forms

mirthless more mirthless most mirthless mirthlesse

Etymology

From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less.

Synonyms

bleak unmirthful cheerless comfortless dark morose depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome drear drearisome dreary dreich forlorn gayless gray gloomsome gloomy grim joyless lack-laughter lugubrious melancholy mirthless miserable no joke saturnine solemn somber sombre spiritless sullen sunless uncheerful uncheery unhappy unmerry wintry woeful funny as a dose of the clap jokeless humorless irrisible laughless nonhumorous unhilarious unhumorous unhysterical unjocose unjocular unlaughable

Derived words

mirthlessly mirthlessness
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