unjoyful
English
Etymology
From
un-
+
joyful
.
Adjective
unjoyful
(
comparative
more
unjoyful
,
superlative
most
unjoyful
)
Not
joyful
;
unhappy
;
joyless
;
sad
.
1871
, Thomas Carlyle,
The guillotine - Page 55
:
One night, nevertheless, in the splendour of one such scene, he sees himself suddenly apostrophised by a squalid
unjoyful
Figure, who has come in uninvited, nay despite of all lackeys
;
an
unjoyful
Figure
!
Synonyms
blitheless
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