mirthless
/ˈmɝθləs/
mirthless adjective: lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
Adjective
mirthless (comparative more mirthless, superlative most mirthless)
- Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
- The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal...1958 December 7, James Thurber, The New York Times Magazine
- In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot [title]2025 January 4, Rachel Cooke, “In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot”, in The Observer, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- bleak, unmirthful, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose, depressing, desolate, dire, disconsolate
mirthless meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
mirthless in Urdu
- افسردہ, بےکیف, بےلطف, ناشاد
mirthless in Malayalam
- grim, humourless, unamused
- സന്തോഷമില്ലാത്ത, രസികത്വമില്ലാത്ത, വിരസം, കളിചിരിയില്ലാത്ത, നർമ്മബോധമില്ലാത്ത, വിനോദശീലമില്ലാത്ത
Synonyms of mirthless
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Forms of mirthless
| comparative | more mirthless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mirthless |
| alternative form | mirthlesse |
Origin of mirthless
From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less.
Words formed from mirthless
Questions about mirthless
- What does mirthless mean?
- Mirthless means lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
- What is mirthless in Urdu?
- Mirthless in Urdu is افسردہ, بےکیف, بےلطف. See Mirthless meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is mirthless?
- Mirthless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce mirthless?
- Mirthless is pronounced /ˈmɝθləs/.
Words near mirthless in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mirthless (page history and authors); mirthless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mirthless (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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