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unjoyful

unjoyful adjective: not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.

Adjective

unjoyful (comparative more unjoyful, superlative most unjoyful)

  1. Not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.
    • One night, nevertheless, in the splendour of one such scene, he sees himself suddenly apostrophised by a squalid unjoyful Figure, who has come in uninvited, nay despite of all lackeys ; an unjoyful Figure !1871, Thomas Carlyle, The guillotine - Page 55
    Synonyms:
    blitheless

Synonyms of unjoyful

Forms of unjoyful

comparativemore unjoyful
superlativemost unjoyful

Origin of unjoyful

From un- + joyful.

Words formed from unjoyful

Questions about unjoyful

What does unjoyful mean?
Unjoyful means not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.
What part of speech is unjoyful?
Unjoyful is an adjective.

Words near unjoyful in the dictionary

  1. unjournalized
  2. unjourneyed
  3. unjovial
  4. unjoy
  5. unjoyed
  6. unjoyful
  7. unjoyfully
  8. unjoyfulness
  9. unjoyous
  10. unjoyously
  11. unjoyousness

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