humorless

English

Alternative forms

humourless (Canada, U.K.)

Etymology

From humor +‎ -less.

Adjective

humorless (comparative more humorless, superlative most humorless)

(American spelling) Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- 1983 April 23, The BiVocals, “Gay-Identified Bisexuals”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
  At the risk of seeming humorless, we would like to point out some problems with the "bisexuality" insurance cartoon which appeared in the April Fool's issue of GCN.
He watched the little dog's antics with a humorless stare.

Translations

lacking humor

Finnish:kuivakka (fi), tosikkomainen (fi)
German: witzlos (de), humorlos (de)

See also

See Thesaurus:cheerless

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