mirthless

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1. Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.

   In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot [title]

   2025 January 4, Rachel Cooke, “In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot”, in The Observer, →ISSN

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   The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal...

   1958 December 7, James Thurber, The New York Times Magazine

   Synonyms: bleak, unmirthful, cheerless, comfortless, bleak, dark, morose, depressing