joyless

adjective

Definition of joylessnext
as in unhappy
feeling unhappiness was utterly joyless after his bitter divorce

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyless
  1. unhappy
  2. sad
  3. miserable
  4. depressed
  5. heartbroken
  6. melancholy
  7. bad
  8. sorry
Adjective
  • The answer is that immigrants and minorities, particularly working-class ones, are unhappy with the economy and much else.
    Basel Touchan, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The measures come as a cost-of-living crisis has left voters unhappy with Trudeau and ahead of an election that could come anytime between this fall and next October.
    Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of unhappy
Adjective
  • After a few training montages and a brief interview with facility manager Didi (Stephanie Beatriz), Charles moves into Pacific View to begin the process of meeting the staff and fellow residents, who are variously enthusiastic and sad, bored and over-programmed, lonely and horny.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Last year, Ficklin was feeling a little sad and anxious about moving out of her family’s home of 23 years.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of sad
Adjective
  • However, from the research, one vacation made all the difference between being happy and miserable.
    Wes Moss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • However, their infatuation eventually blurs the lines between fantasy and their miserable realities, inviting new horrors to seep in.
    Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of miserable
Adjective
  • As Christina, the youngest of a trio of sisters, Olsen spends the film playing mediator between Natasha Lyonne’s depressed stoner, Rachel, and Carrie Coon’s domineering control freak, Katie.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Some staffers pretended to call on behalf of a depressed relative.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of depressed
Adjective
  • Monét began her tweet with five heartbroken emojis.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Animal lovers have been left heartbroken by a dog who has already been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her young life.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of heartbroken
Adjective
  • Though the female roles in Shakespeare’s plays were played by men in his day, Mey’s teachers had a hard time accepting a femme-presenting nonbinary person in the role of the melancholy Dane.
    Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In 2020, Rateliff released a solo album, his third overall and his first since starting the Night Sweats, with a more melancholy sound that recalled his early-career work.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of melancholy
Adjective
  • His deputy, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who heads the disaster response, said Thursday that floods this year were expected to be worse than 2014, when more than 250,000 people were displaced and 21 killed.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Various forecasts have pointed to the possibility of inflation getting worse and the national debt swelling further.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of bad
Adjective
  • And sorry, Santa, no one squeezes through tight spaces in a building to get the job done – in the case of this classic action film, thwarting terrorists and saving his estranged wife – better than Bruce Willis' iconic John McClane. 6.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Moana 2, the sequel to everybody’s favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda–scored Disney movie (sorry, Encanto), is heading straight for movie theaters today, compelling all families with children aged 4 to 12 to go to the movies over Thanksgiving break.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of sorry
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