Joyless and Miserable

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Joyless

Joyless adjective - Feeling unhappiness.

Usage example: was utterly joyless after his bitter divorce

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Miserable is a synonym for joyless in unhappy topic. In some cases you can use "Miserable" instead an adjective "Joyless".

Nearby Words: joy, joyful, joyfully, joylessly

Miserable

Miserable adjective - Feeling unhappiness.

Usage example: the awful news made us miserable

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Joyless is a synonym for miserable in unhappy topic. You can use "Joyless" instead the word "Miserable" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as dreary.

Nearby Words: misery, miserly, miserably, miser

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She lives a wealthy but utterly joyless and miserable life.

Source: Literature / Five Little Pigs
This is a relentless miserable, joyless film, to such a contrived extreme that many critics complained it fell repeatedly into Narm territory.

Source: Film / The Butterfly Effect

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