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See definition of mirthless on Dictionary.com
  • as ingloomy
  • as inmelancholy
  • as intenebrific
  • as inunhappy

synonyms for mirthless

  • depressed
  • dismal
  • dour
  • forlorn
  • glum
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • pessimistic
  • sad
  • solemn
  • sullen
  • ugly
  • blue funk
  • broody
  • chapfallen
  • cheerless
  • crabbed
  • crestfallen
  • dejected
  • desolate
  • despondent
  • disconsolate
  • dispirited
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dragged
  • in low spirits
  • in the dumps
  • joyless
  • low
  • moody
  • moping
  • mopish
  • morose
  • mournful
  • oppressed
  • saturnine
  • sulky
  • surly
  • unhappy
  • weary
  • woebegone
  • woeful

antonyms for mirthless

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  • bright
  • cheerful
  • comforted
  • glad
  • happy
  • hopeful
  • joyful
  • light
  • pleasant
  • rich
  • animated
  • content
  • encouraged
  • encouraging
  • exhilarating
  • sparkling
  • sunny
  • uplifting
  • vivacious
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    How to use mirthless in a sentence

    Though Cuevas is winning new fans with his irrepressible spirit, former touring pro and coach Brad Gilbert sees a method to his mirth.
    A TENNIS PLAYER HAS TURNED HIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARANTINE INTO A PARTY OF ONELIZ CLARKEJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POST
    By activating the neural pathways of emotions like joy and mirth, laughter can improve your mood and make your physical and emotional response to stress less intense.
    LAUGHING IS GOOD FOR YOUR MIND AND YOUR BODY – HERE’S WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWSLGBTQ-EDITORNOVEMBER 23, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
    These feelings – like amusement, happiness, mirth and joy – build resiliency and increase creative thinking.
    LAUGHING IS GOOD FOR YOUR MIND AND YOUR BODY – HERE’S WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWSLGBTQ-EDITORNOVEMBER 23, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
    Tatsu's mirthless laugh rang out against the sound of dripping rain.
    THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSA
    Again she laughed that almost mirthless laugh for which her mother had called her to account a moment before.
    YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
    Yet more similar are the speeches of the madmen with their horrible words, and those of fools with their mirthless puns.
    TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARELEO TOLSTOY
    He laughed, a nervous, mirthless kind of laugh, and slipped his rifle to his other hand.
    THE ARENAVARIOUS
    He laughed, with that cruel, mirthless inflection so characteristic.
    THE GHOST BREAKERCHARLES GODDARD
    The other laughed—the dry, mirthless laugh which was the only form of merriment in which he ever seemed to indulge.
    FORGING THE BLADESBERTRAM MITFORD
    Baltimore gave a hollow mirthless laugh, stopped short, and looked at Charles Fox.
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