joylessness (Meaning)
joylessness (n)
a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
Synonyms & Antonyms of joylessness
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- gladness
- exultation
- joviality
- happiness
- exultation
- elation
- joyousness
- humor
- gaiety
- felicity
- exuberance
- joy
- intoxication
- gaiety
- joyousness
- glee
- gladness
- exhilaration
- humor
- intoxication
- exuberance
- rapture
- jubilation
- jubilation
- rapture
- bliss
- glee
- mirth
- euphoria
- bliss
- euphoria
- exhilaration
- gayety
- ecstasy
- heaven
- joyfulness
- joviality
- mirth
- happiness
- felicity
- joy
- joyfulness
- gayety
- heaven
- elation
- ecstasy
Synonyms:
- anguish
- grief
- pain
- forlornness
- dejection
- glumness
- blues
- desolation
- mopes
- unhappiness
- despondence
- heartsickness
- gloom
- downheartedness
- mourning
- oppression
- misery
- desperation
- dumps
- doldrums
- agony
- despair
- despondency
- gloominess
- blue devils
- dreariness
- sorrow
- boredom
- miserableness
Antonyms:
- contentedness
- optimism
- rapturousness
- contentment
- lightheartedness
- satisfaction
- gleefulness
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- rapturousness
- merriment
- satisfaction
- elatedness
- cheerfulness
- mirthfulness
- hopefulness
- optimism
- jollity
- merriment
- mirthfulness
- gladsomeness
- gayness
- contentment
- gleefulness
- contentedness
- content
- blissfulness
- cheeriness
- blissfulness
- lightheartedness
- cheer
- hopefulness
- gladsomeness
- jollity
- elatedness
- gayness
- content
- cheeriness
joylessness Sentence Examples
- The joylessness of the office was palpable, with each employee trudging through their tasks with weary resignation.
- The city exuded an aura of joylessness, as if its inhabitants had forgotten how to truly experience happiness.
- She felt a profound sense of joylessness as she stared out the window, watching the rain pour down on the gray cityscape.
- The joylessness of his life was weighing him down, making it difficult for him to find the motivation to carry on.
- Her heart was filled with joylessness, as if all the happiness had been drained from it.
- The joylessness in her voice betrayed the pain she was hiding behind her smile.
- He tried to mask his joylessness with boisterous laughter, but his true feelings always managed to seep through.
- The joylessness that pervaded the house was a constant reminder of the loss they had suffered.
- The joylessness of her existence was becoming unbearable, and she longed for something to spark a glimmer of happiness within her.
- The joylessness of the situation was evident in the strained expressions and forced smiles of those present.
FAQs About the word joylessness
a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
depression, melancholy,sadness, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, anguish, grief, pain, forlornness, dejection
gladness, exultation, joviality, happiness, exultation, elation, joyousness, humor, gaiety, felicity
The joylessness of the office was palpable, with each employee trudging through their tasks with weary resignation.
The city exuded an aura of joylessness, as if its inhabitants had forgotten how to truly experience happiness.
She felt a profound sense of joylessness as she stared out the window, watching the rain pour down on the gray cityscape.
The joylessness of his life was weighing him down, making it difficult for him to find the motivation to carry on.
