gladless

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adjective

joyless

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Meanings

adjectivegladless (comparative more gladless, superlative most gladless)

comparative more gladless · superlative most gladless

  1. joyless

    […] Easter Sunday, for all its traditions, is a gladless day in London. There is positively nothing to do.

    1915, Ernest Temple Thurston, The City of Beautiful Nonsense, page 118
    1 more example

    For others it has turned the joy and love of praising God into a gladless fulfillment of “their obligation.”

    1974, Casimir A. Kucharek, To Settle Your Conscience, page 112

Origin

From glad + -less.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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