joyless

adjectives

not experiencing or inspiring joy
"a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
joyless
is derived from
joylessness
antonym
joyous
is similar to
suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
"funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"
funereal, sepulchral
is similar to
lacking mirth
mirthless
is similar to
not smiling
unsmiling
see also
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
"the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
cheerless, depressing, uncheerful
see also
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
"unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
unhappy
see also
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
"sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
sorrowful