Joyless

joyless
    adj 1: not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a
           joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" [ant: {joyous}]
    

Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
   Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
   {Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n.
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         With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.
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         Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.
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         [He] pining for the lass,
         Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass.
                                                  --Dryden.
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104 Moby Thesaurus words for "joyless":
      affecting, afflictive, anguished, anxious, austere, bitter, black,
      bleak, bored, cheerless, comfortless, crestfallen, dejected,
      deplorable, depressant, depressed, depressing, depressive,
      desolate, despondent, discomforting, disconsolate, discontented,
      disgusted, disheartened, disheartening, dismal, dismaying,
      dispirited, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, doleful,
      dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, down, downcast, downhearted,
      dreary, gloomy, grief-stricken, grievous, grim, heartsick,
      humorless, in bad humor, inconsolable, infestive, inhospitable,
      lamentable, lugubrious, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless,
      miserable, morose, mournful, moving, nauseated, nauseous,
      oppressive, out of humor, out of sorts, painful, pathetic, piteous,
      pitiable, pleasureless, poignant, prey to malaise, regrettable,
      repelled, revolted, rueful, sad, saddened, saddening, severe,
      sharp, sickened, somber, sore, sorrowful, sorry, sorryish,
      suffering angst, touching, triste, uncheerful, uncheery,
      uncomfortable, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unjoyful,
      unmirthful, unquiet, unsatisfied, unsmiling, woebegone, woeful,
      wretched