humorless
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She’s a little rain cloud of a person, dour and humorless, though perhaps rightly offended by being passed over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Barack Obama is also the subject of humorless insults.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
Rosendale is a self-defeating, humorless member of the House Freedom Caucus who cannot, in any form or fashion, mitigate his sharp Maryland accent.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024
If I wasn’t already halfway to sleep, the droning from the humorless newscaster would have put me there.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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