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humorless

ADJECTIVE

stuffy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant dreary genteel musty pompous self-important staid stodgy

WEAK

Victorian bloated conventional dull fusty important magisterial narrow-minded priggish prim and proper prissy prudish puffy puritanical stilted strait-laced uninteresting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

adventurous clear willing

WEAK

airy breezy current informal modern new open ventilated

Example Sentences

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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

The pinched of mind and the humorless need not bother.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023

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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