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humourless

humourless is the alternative spelling of humorless.

Meaning of humorless

Adjective

humorless (comparative more humorless, superlative most humorless)

  1. (US) Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
    • He watched the little dog's antics with a humorless stare.

Forms of humourless

comparativemore humourless
superlativemost humourless

Origin of humourless

From humour + -less.

Words formed from humourless

Questions about humourless

What is humourless the alternative spelling of?
Humourless is the alternative spelling of humorless.

Words near humourless in the dictionary

  1. humourists
  2. humourize
  3. humourized
  4. humourizes
  5. humourizing
  6. humourless
  7. humourlessly
  8. humourlessness
  9. humourous
  10. humourously
  11. humourousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: humourless (page history and authors); humorless (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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