Mirthless

Word MIRTHLESS
Character 9
Hyphenation mirth less
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Mirthless"

What do we mean by mirthless?

Devoid of gladness and gaiety. adjective

Without mirth or hilarity; joyless.

Without mirth. adjective

Lacking mirth; devoid of joy. adjective

Lacking mirth adjective

Lacking mirth; devoid of joy.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Mirthless

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The word "mirthless" in example sentences

Fenn laughed what novelists are fond of calling a mirthless laugh. ❋ Unknown (1928)

Frank Rich of the New York Times called the comedian's performance "mirthless" ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was not boisterous; indeed, it was consciously refined, -- mirthless, meaningless. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Often, during the last few days, he had told himself, with a kind of mirthless chuckle, that _he_ was not going to be ❋ Marie Belloc Lowndes (1907)

(Christian Slater, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall), but this time around the script and animation have resulted in a "mirthless," "underimagined" and "strenuously unfunny" movie, according to Variety. ❋ Unknown (2008)

With all the clouds on the horizon, I’m guessing things are kind of mirthless at the old West Wing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Life became a giddy but mirthless gallop, a race to the finish line and THE END. ❋ Erica Heller (2011)

She had laughed aloud at the sight of his name on the front page—“John McWilliams, Pasadena rancher”—but it had been a mirthless laugh all the same. ❋ Jennet Conant (2011)

Better to be a conscientious objector and avoid this mirthless skirmish. ❋ Marshall Fine (2012)

Snettishane met the suggestion with a mirthless face, behind the mask of which his soul grinned wide. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness — a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the sphinx, ❋ Unknown (2010)

She gives the clerk a nod and a mirthless smile and finally makes her way toward the anniversary cards. ❋ J. A. Johnson (2011)

Ad homs, linked to hackneyed cliches, would be comical were it not for the mirthless minds which produce them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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