Synonyms of humorless
56 similar words · 2 opposite words
Another word for humorless is grim. Other synonyms of humorless are harsh, unfunny, mirthless, jokeless and laughless. The opposite of humorless is funny.
Synonyms and similar words for humorless
adjectiveLacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- harshSevere or cruel.
- jokelessDevoid of jokes.
- mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
- unfunnyNot funny.
- cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
- comfortless
- bleak
- dark
- moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
- depressing
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
- dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
- drearDreary.
- drearisomeCharacterised or marked by dreariness.
- dreary
- dreich UK, dialectal
- forlorn
- gayless
- gray
- gloomsomeCharacterised or marked by gloom.
- gloomy
- grimDismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
- joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
- lack-laughterCheerless; sombre; serious.
- lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
- melancholy
- miserable
- no joke
- saturnine
- somber
- sombre
- spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
- sullen
- sunless
- uncheerfulNot cheerful.
- uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
- unhappy
- unmerryNot merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.
- wintry
- woeful
- funny as a dose of the clapNot at all amusing.
- laughlessDevoid of laughs.
- nonhumorousNot humorous.
- unhilariousNot hilarious; devoid of hilarity.
- unhumorousNot humorous.
- unhystericalNot hysterical.
- unjocoseNot jocose.
- unlaughableNot laughable; at which one cannot or should not laugh.
- unmirthfulNot mirthful.
- solemn obsolete
- irrisible archaicNot risible; unfunny or unable to make laugh.
- unjocular rareNot jocular; without good humour.
Opposite of humorless
Meaning of humorless
- adjective Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
Questions about synonyms of humorless
- What is another word for humorless?
- Humorless has 56 synonyms on Word.ws, such as grim, harsh, unfunny, mirthless, jokeless, laughless, nonhumorous and unhilarious.
- What is the opposite of humorless?
- The opposite of humorless is funny.
- What does humorless mean?
- Humorless means lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
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