unjoyful

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adjective

Not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.

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blitheless
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Meanings

adjectiveunjoyful (comparative more unjoyful, superlative most unjoyful)

comparative more unjoyful · superlative most unjoyful

  1. Not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.

    One night, nevertheless, in the splendour of one such scene, he sees himself suddenly apostrophised by a squalid unjoyful Figure, who has come in uninvited, nay despite of all lackeys ; an unjoyful Figure !

    1871, Thomas Carlyle, The guillotine - Page 55

    Synonyms: blitheless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.

Similar
blitheless

Origin

From un- + joyful.

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APA

unjoyful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unjoyful

MLA

“unjoyful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unjoyful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unjoyful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unjoyful.

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