Humorless
Humorless adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.
Melancholy and humorless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melancholy" instead an adjective "Humorless".
Melancholy
Melancholy adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Humorless and melancholy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Humorless" instead an adjective "Melancholy".
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- thoughtful and humorless
- thoughtful and melancholy
- sober and humorless
- sober and melancholy
- dismal and humorless
- dismal and melancholy
- serious and humorless
- serious and melancholy
- depressed and humorless
- depressed and melancholy
- sad and humorless
- sad and melancholy
- grim and humorless
- grim and melancholy
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