delightless

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adjective

Void of delight.

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Meanings

adjectivedelightless (comparative more delightless, superlative most delightless)

comparative more delightless · superlative most delightless

  1. Void of delight.

    And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze, Chills the pale morn, and bids his driving sleets Deform the day delightless

    a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC

Origin

From delight + -less.

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APA

delightless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delightless

MLA

“delightless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delightless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delightless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delightless.

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