as in unhappy
feeling unhappiness
was utterly joyless after his bitter divorce
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyless
Adjective
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Despite that success, Willard was unhappy with the program’s financial commitments.—
Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
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If Amazon is unhappy with season 2 of Citadel and season 1 was not all the great to begin with, this idea that the series is going to launch into some popular, sprawling spy universe for the service seems in doubt.—
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Kwong grew up hearing stories of every kind about Manzanar—scary, sad, funny and infuriating.—
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Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.—
Adjective
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Scratching will just make your rash worse and your life more miserable.—
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Many parents, in fact, report that the worst-case scenario is not when your whole family is ill but when the adults are miserable and the under-six cohort feels just fine.—
Adjective
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Swelling in the hands and feet, getting sick frequently, feeling depressed, or having wounds that are slow to heal.—
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The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.—
Adjective
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In the original visual, the Grammy winner plays a heartbroken character named Peaches who has all traces of her ex wiped from her hippocampus, an homage to Michel Gondry’s 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.—
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Seven Oaks parents ‘heartbroken’ Five Seven Oaks parents reached out to the Statesman to express disappointment with the removal of the bulletin board.—
Adjective
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This week, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco share a vulnerable highlight from their new collaborative album, Jessica Simpson makes a triumphant return to music with a country pop power ballad, and Japanese Breakfast delivers an appropriately melancholy track from her new LP.—
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Blanchett is apologetic and melancholy as Cate, and wonderfully snotty as Shelly, critiquing the privilege and luxury that the actress knows that famous people like her take for granted.—
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Jack: This is just a bad team that has occasionally had good days.—
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What happened was my bad behavior and my angst brought the energy finally.—
Adjective
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There are though enumerable other options available, sorry to say.—
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Paige Spiranac isn't sorry for for flaunting her body online.—
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“Joyless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyless. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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