joyless
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By the end, and by her own hand, she was reduced to being a joyless hater of holidays and avowed enemy of All Things Fun.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
That’s not to say it was an entirely joyless event.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Stobaeus offers his son a strictly pagan view of the afterlife, as a grim and joyless eternity spent underground.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Leadership sets the tone, and right now that tone feels tense and joyless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
The guests laughed, but it was a joyless laughter, the sort of laughter that can turn into sobbing in half a heartbeat.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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