Antonyms for joylessness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : joi-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪ lɪs |
Definition of joylessness
Origin :- mid-14c., from joy + -less. Related: Joylessly; joylessness.
- As in unhappiness : noun sorrow
- As in dreariness : noun gloominess
- In the midst of these sinful pleasures, he is assailed by Joylessness, on whose side is Falsehood secretly.
- Extract from : « Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I » by Edmund Spenser
- They stood fixed, their baffled hearts looking out of their eyes with a joylessness pitiful to see.
- Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
- From an outer darkness of unhappiness or at least of joylessness, they had all come hither—as I had come.
- Extract from : « The Passionate Friends » by Herbert George Wells
- One hour of pure happiness she had indeed enjoyed, but how many days, months, years of joylessness and suffering lay behind her!
- Extract from : « The Emperor, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- One might think so, since asceticism has no joylessness comparable to that of the blasted rou or utter worldling.
- Extract from : « Is Polite Society Polite? » by Julia Ward Howe
Synonyms for joylessness
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