joyless Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not experiencing or inspiring joy
    • a joyless man
    • a joyless occasion
    • joyless evenings

WordNet

Joy"less adjective
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913