joyless



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
   Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
   Joy"less*ly, adv. -- Joy"less*ness, n.
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         With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.
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         Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.
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         [He] pining for the lass,
         Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass.
                                                  --Dryden.
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