humorless
humorless adjective: lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
Adjective
humorless (comparative more humorless, superlative most humorless)
- Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- He watched the little dog's antics with a humorless stare.
- At the risk of seeming humorless, we would like to point out some problems with the "bisexuality" insurance cartoon which appeared in the April Fool's issue of GCN.1983 April 23, The BiVocals, “Gay-Identified Bisexuals”, in Gay Community News, page 4
- Synonyms:
- harsh, jokeless, mirthless, unfunny, cheerless, comfortless, bleak, dark, morose, depressing
Examples of humorless in a sentence
- Zero brains for this tasteless, classless, humorless, scareless pile of wasted film.
- He'd video-streamed a segment of last night's drunken henfest in the kitchen to Haupt, but the humorless had prick been unamused.
- Because of their politically sourful and humorless attitudes, the most frequently targeted political groups were conservatives and Republicans.
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Forms of humorless
| comparative | more humorless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most humorless |
| alternative form | humourless |
Origin of humorless
From humor + -less.
Words formed from humorless
Questions about humorless
- What does humorless mean?
- Humorless means lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- What part of speech is humorless?
- Humorless is an adjective.
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