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joylessness
THESAURUS
joylessness
angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom, cheerlessness, comfortlessness, depression, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, dismalness, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, distressfulness, dread, dreariness, dullness, emptiness, ennui, existential woe, flatness, grief, grievousness, grimness, humorlessness, infelicity, infestivity, inquietude, lack of pleasure, lamentability, lamentation, malaise, mirthlessness, misery, mournfulness, nausea, nongratification, nonsatisfaction, pain, painfulness, pathos, pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, poignancy, regrettableness, sadness, savorlessness, sharpness, sorrowfulness, spleen, staleness, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, uncheerfulness, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, unjoyfulness, unmirthfulness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, vexation of spirit, woebegoneness, woefulness, wretchednessFor further exploring for "joylessness" in Webster Dictionary Online