joyless

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Also his job ( teacher ) gives him a rather joyless look which is expunged on the rare occasions of a smile.
• equally: His approach paid dividends in Hal's confrontations with his equally joyless father.
• so: I am gathered here singing your praises and considering how, for the most part, my singing has become so joyless.

Modifies a noun

• life: Are you looking for a way out of your joyless maggoty life and everything in it?
• place: Why have you left the sunlight, to view the dead in this joyless place?
• existence: This man's joyless existence is backed by stories of his past as a child, and how they reflect on his present life.
• world: Imagine a world without dance - what a dismal and joyless world that would be?

Used with adjective complement

become: I am gathered here singing your praises and considering how, for the most part, my singing has become so joyless.