Synonyms of joylessness

joylessness

noun

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

the inescapable joylessness that marred Yuletide celebrations during the war years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• sorrowfulness
• melancholy
• mournfulness
• sorrow
• gloom
• anguish
• grief
• unhappiness
• misery
• dreariness
• oppression
• dejection
• glumness
• gloominess
• agony
• heartsickness
• despair
• desperation
• forlornness
• blues
• miserableness
• despondence
• boredom
• pain
• despondency
• dumps
• downheartedness
• blue devils
• desolation
• mourning
• doldrums
• mopes
• despond
• distress
• disconsolateness
• melancholia
• dispiritedness
• somberness
• dolefulness
• self-pity
• regret
• hopelessness
• discouragement
• wretchedness
• ennui
• tedium
• woe
• moroseness
• dolor
• disheartenment
• moodiness
• morbidness
• woefulness
• drear
• self-despair
• dismalness
• rue
• morosity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• happiness
• ecstasy
• exuberance
• euphoria
• elation
• exultation
• joyousness
• intoxication
• bliss
• joyfulness
• jubilation
• exhilaration
• rapture
• gladness
• glee
• heaven
• felicity
• mirth
• gayety
• gaiety
• joviality
• humor
• jollity
• merriment
• optimism
• lightheartedness
• cheerfulness
• gayness
• hopefulness
• blissfulness
• cheeriness
• contentment
• satisfaction
• gleefulness
• elatedness
• mirthfulness
• content
• gladsomeness
• rapturousness
• cheer
• contentedness
• sunniness
• gratification
• delight