[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joyless \joy"less\, a.
   not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
   joy"lessly, adv. -- joy"lessness, n.
   1913 webster

         with downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --dryden.
   1913 webster

         youth and health and war are joyless to him. --addison.
   1913 webster

         he pining for the lass,
         is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass.
                                                  --dryden.
   1913 webster
see also:
joy"lessly joy"lessness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

joyless
     adj : not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a
           joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" ant: joyous
see also:
joyous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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