Synonyms for mirthless
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
joyless, miserable, unhappy, grim, gloomy, bleak, humorless US, humourless UK, cheerless, uncheerful, unmirthful, laughless, depressing, moody, melancholy, wretched, dismal, desolate, dreary, somber US, sombre UK, forlorn, woeful, glum, sunless, disconsolate, lugubrious, doleful, drear, comfortless, uncheery, solemn dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
Example sentences
- bleak To some people, Algeria's future is looking bleak.
- joyless Other Jewish subgroups often stereotype Ashkenazim as boring and joyless.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mirthless | rising | |
| bleak | rising | |
| joyless | rising | |
| uncheerful | steady | |
| unmirthful | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- grim1, glum1
- 5 letters
- moody2, bleak1, drear
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, solemn2, dismal2, dreary2, somber2, sombre, woeful2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, forlorn2, joyless, sunless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- wretched2, desolate3, uncheery
- 9 letters
- miserable4, humorless3, cheerless, laughless
- 10 letters
- depressing3, melancholy4, lugubrious4, humourless, uncheerful, unmirthful
- 11 letters
- comfortless
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).