English-Thai Dictionary

joyless

ADJ ที่ ไม่ มีความสุข  ที่ ไม่ ร่าเริง  ที่ ไม่ เบิกบานใจ  ที่ ไม่ สนุกสนาน  miserable sad depressed joyous joyful merry ti-mai-me-kwam-suk

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JOYLESS

a.Destitute of joy; wanting joy. With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat.
Rarely followed by of; as joyless of the grove.
1. Giving no joy or pleasure.
A joyless, dismal, black and sorrowful issue.

 

JOYLESSLY

adv. Without joy.

 

JOYLESSNESS

n.State of being joyless.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JOYLESS

JOYLESS Joy "less, a.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

joyless

joy less |ˈjoilis ˈʤɔɪləs | ▶adjective not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal: she had to face the thought of a joyless future. DERIVATIVES joy less ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

joyless

joy |less |ˈʤɔɪləs | ▶adjective not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal: she had to face the thought of a joyless future. DERIVATIVES joylessly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

joyless

joyless adjective 1 a joyless man: gloomy, melancholy, morose, lugubrious, glum, somber, saturnine, sullen, dour, humorless. ANTONYMS cheerful. 2 a joyless room: depressing, cheerless, gloomy, dreary, bleak, dispiriting, drab, dismal, desolate, austere, somber; unwelcoming, uninviting, inhospitable; literary drear. ANTONYMS cheerful, welcoming.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

joyless

joyless adjective 1 a narrow-minded, joyless man: 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: depressing, cheerless, gloomy, dreary, bleak, dispiriting, drab, dismal, desolate, wretched, comfortless, austere, stark, sombre, grim; unwelcoming, uninviting, inhospitable; literary drear. ANTONYMS pleasant, welcoming.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

joyless

j ó y less 形容詞 ｟かたい書 ｠喜び [幸せ ]の (かけらも )ない ; つまらない .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞