Joylessness
Joylessness noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: the inescapable joylessness that marred Yuletide celebrations during the war years
Sorrowfulness and joylessness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sorrowfulness" instead a noun "Joylessness".
Sorrowfulness
Sorrowfulness noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: with a sorrowfulness that can only be described as heart-wrenching, she read the elegy
Joylessness and sorrowfulness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Joylessness" instead a noun "Sorrowfulness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sadness and joylessness
- sadness and sorrowfulness
- distress and joylessness
- distress and sorrowfulness
- melancholy and joylessness
- melancholy and sorrowfulness
- despondency and joylessness
- despondency and sorrowfulness
- dejection and joylessness
- dejection and sorrowfulness
- sorrow and joylessness
- sorrow and sorrowfulness
- depression and joylessness
- depression and sorrowfulness
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Sorrowfulness and Joylessness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/joylessness/sorrowfulness
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