Meanings
comparative more humourless · superlative most humourless
- CanadaUKalternativeAlternative spelling of humorless.
1 more example
Every guest is appalled and fantastically humourless about the experience, even at this distance. You cannot help but wonder at cultural divides and how differently the British might have approached – or at least recalled – such events, at least in the early days. For us, surely, it would be a story for the ages. You could dine out on it for ever, so to speak.
2025 June 24, Lucy Mangan, “Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking humor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishhumour
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishhumourless
Cite this entry
humourless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humourless
“humourless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humourless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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