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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable --
{Joy"less*ly}, adv -- {Joy"less*ness}, n.
With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.
Youth and health and war are joyless to him --Addison.
[He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and
spurns the growing grass. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
joyless
adj : not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a
joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" [ant: {joyous}]
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