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delightless

delightless adjective: void of delight.

Adjective

delightless (comparative more delightless, superlative most delightless)

  1. Void of delight.
    • And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze,
      Chills the pale morn, and bids his driving sleets
      Deform the day delightlessa. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC

Forms of delightless

comparativemore delightless
superlativemost delightless

Origin of delightless

From delight + -less.

Questions about delightless

What does delightless mean?
Delightless means void of delight.
What part of speech is delightless?
Delightless is an adjective.

Words near delightless in the dictionary

  1. delightfully
  2. delightfulness
  3. delighting
  4. delighting in
  5. delightingly
  6. delightless
  7. delightly
  8. delightment
  9. delightous
  10. delights
  11. delights in

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