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Synonyms of joyless in English:

joyless


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adjective

1‘a narrow-minded, joyless man’

SYNONYMS
gloomy, melancholy, morose, lugubrious, glum, sombre, saturnine, sullen, dour, mirthless, humourless
unhappy, sad, miserable, depressed, despondent, sunk in gloom, heavy-hearted, doleful, downcast, dejected, dispirited
ANTONYMS

cheerful, fun-loving

2‘a joyless room filled with yellowing oil paintings’

SYNONYMS
depressing, cheerless, gloomy, dreary, bleak, dispiriting, drab, dismal, desolate, wretched, comfortless, austere, stark, sombre, grim
unwelcoming, uninviting, inhospitable
literary drear
ANTONYMS

pleasant, welcoming