unjoyful

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ joyful.

Adjective

unjoyful (comparative more unjoyful, superlative most unjoyful)

1. Not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.
   • 1871, Thomas Carlyle, The guillotine - Page 55:

     One night, nevertheless, in the splendour of one such scene, he sees himself suddenly apostrophised by a squalid unjoyful Figure, who has come in uninvited, nay despite of all lackeys ; an unjoyful Figure !

Synonyms

• blitheless