Humorless and Joyless

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Humorless adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.

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Joyless and humorless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Joyless" instead an adjective "Humorless".

Joyless adjective - Feeling unhappiness.

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Humorless and joyless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Humorless" instead an adjective "Joyless".

Nearby Words: joy, joyful, joyfully, joylessly

Henpecked Husband: At first it looks like Wax is doomed to become one of these; his fiancee Steris at first appears to be a joyless, humorless matron who hands him a fifty-page prenuptial agreement.

Source: Literature / Wax And Wayne

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