[ adj ] not experiencing or inspiring joy <adj.all> a joyless mana joyless occasion joyless evenings
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.
The peace we are building must be different than the hard, joyless peace between two armed camps we've known so long.
With the world's big three economies thus constrained, the other participants at the party are condemned to a fairly joyless time - especially if they impose on themselves excessive real rates of interest, as the French persist in doing.
It is pointless, it is insincere, its Jesus story here is virtually stripped of plot, and Jesus himself becomes (a) a joyless wimp and (b) a pontificating creep. And - worst crime in a musical - the songs are sold short.
He followed a brief set by Marlon Jordan, 17-year-old trumpeter from New Orleans, and his mainstream quartet and an hour by singer Carmen McRae, who was in a joyless mood.
The casualties are most likely to reflect two joyless Christmas shopping seasons in a row rather than the long-term industry shakeout under way.
They were wise; they didn't have to hang around backstage listening to Reich's futuristic but joyless stuff.