Synonyms of jokeless
54 similar words
Another word for jokeless is humorless. Other synonyms of jokeless are mirthless, laughless, nonhumorous, unhilarious and unhumorous.
Synonyms and similar words for jokeless
adjectiveDevoid of jokes.
- 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
- grim
- joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
- lack-laughterCheerless; sombre; serious.
- lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
- melancholy
- mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
- 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.
- humorlessLacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- 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.
Meaning of jokeless
- adjective Devoid of jokes.
Questions about synonyms of jokeless
- What is another word for jokeless?
- Jokeless has 54 synonyms on Word.ws, such as humorless, mirthless, laughless, nonhumorous, unhilarious, unhumorous, unhysterical and unjocose.
- What does jokeless mean?
- Jokeless means devoid of jokes.
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