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
  • Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Cronin — who had to cancel some summer shows this year due to unspecified health issues — further acknowledges that there’s acrimony between he and Hall, and he’s been unhappy with some of the social media discourse blaming him for the end of the REO Speedwagon name.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of unhappy
Adjective
  • Concept art revealed at D23 also showed the gang of toys — such as Jessie the yodeling cowgirl (voiced by different actresses) and Rex (Wallace Shawn) — looking sad as their owner seemed more interested in a tablet, hinting at their emotional yet humorous struggles.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The post-Christmas blues are about to get a little less sad with the NFL‘s Triple Header games featuring six teams going head to head.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of sad
Adjective
  • But the show still needing to spotlight Winston says it all about the state of the Browns, and all involved just need this miserable season to end.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The games, though, have come to seem less important than the players and their miserable, occasionally homicidal, occasionally kind interactions.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of miserable
Adjective
  • Additionally, workers in the Bayou State are some of the most depressed in the nation, reporting a happiness index of 34.81.
    Therese Boudreaux | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Dec. 2024
  • When Do Da-hae (The 8 Show’s Chun Woo-hee), a seemingly demure con artist with designs on the Bok’s riches, starts to flirt with him, a struggling Gwi-ju is too depressed to care.
    Kayti Burt, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of depressed
Adjective
  • Willow Avalon The metaphorical equivalent of a heartbroken singer-songwriter debutante ball is attacking live stages and streaming platforms in overwhelming waves.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
  • However, our team is heartbroken to know these new horses have been without proper food and care for so long.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of heartbroken
Adjective
  • The melancholy voiceover from Elsa Dutton (Isabel May) from 1883 is a nice touch, too, a monologue about the suffering people go through to maintain their control and exploitation of land.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Jim Jarmusch’s deeply romantic, deeply melancholy Only Lovers Left Alive stars Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as a vampiric couple who are currently living on different continents, because what’s a little bit of distance when time doesn’t have meaning.
    James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of melancholy
Adjective
  • The political chaos is compounded by the country’s worst civil aviation accident after a Jeju Air flight crashed on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on-board.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 30 Dec. 2024
  • New Year’s Eve revelers take note: There’s a good chance the roadways could be covered with snow – or worse, ice.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of bad
Adjective
  • Maybe that’s Activision’s way of saying sorry for the rampant cheating that’s plagued Warzone lately.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • For a country that prides itself on freedom, Florida’s book, class and topic bans are a sorry sight.
    Brayden Pryor, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of sorry
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