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lack-laughter

lack-laughter adjective: cheerless; sombre; serious.

Adjective

lack-laughter (comparative more lack-laughter, superlative most lack-laughter)

  1. (obsolete) Cheerless; sombre; serious.
    • The lack-laughter sangfroid of the parſon was the conſtant topic of his ridicule, and he complained that whenever I appeared I caſt a gloom over the mirth of his company.1771, John Horne, The Controversial Letters of John Wilkes, Esq., the Rev. John Horne, and Their Principal Adherents, page 153
    • […] many force / Lack-laughter faces to relax / Into the soft lines traced by joy.1850, “Agamemnon”, in Blackie, John Stuart, transl., The Lyrical Dramas of Æschylus, volume 1, translation of original by Aeschylus, page 48
    Synonyms:
    cheerless, serious

Synonyms of lack-laughter

Forms of lack-laughter

comparativemore lack-laughter
superlativemost lack-laughter

Origin of lack-laughter

From lack + laughter.

Questions about lack-laughter

What does lack-laughter mean?
Lack-laughter means cheerless; sombre; serious.
What part of speech is lack-laughter?
Lack-laughter is an adjective.

Words near lack-laughter in the dictionary

  1. lack-alls
  2. lack-grace
  3. lack-graces
  4. lack-latin
  5. lack-latins
  6. lack-laughter
  7. lack-learning
  8. lack-life
  9. lack-linen
  10. lack-looks
  11. lack-love

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