unjoyousadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʒɔɪəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈdʒɔɪəs/ Not joyous; joyless; without joy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant
loatha700
unsweetc890
grimlyc893
unquemeOE
un-i-quemeOE
evila1131
sourc1175
illc1220
unhightlyc1275
unwelcomec1325
unblithec1330
unnetc1330
unrekena1350
unagreeablec1374
uncouthc1380
unsavouryc1380
displeasantc1386
unlikinga1398
ungaina1400
crabbedc1400
unlovelyc1400
displeasing1401
eschewc1420
unsoot1420
mislikinga1425
unlikelya1425
unlustya1425
fastidiousc1425
unpleasantc1430
displicable1471
unthankfulc1475
displeasant1481
uneasy1483
unpleasinga1500
unfaring1513
badc1530
malpleasant?1533
noisome1542
thanklessa1547
ungrate1548
untoothsome1548
ungreeable1550
contrary1561
disagreeable1570
offensible1575
offensive1576
naughty1578
delightlessa1586
undelightful1585
unwisheda1586
unpleasurable1587
undelightsomec1595
dislikeful1596
disliking1596
ungrateful1596
unsweet?a1600
distastive1600
impleasing1602
distasting1603
distasteful1607
unsightly1608
undelectable1610
disgustful1611
unrelishing1611
waspisha1616
undeliciousa1618
unwished-for1617
disrelishing1631
unenjoyed1643
unjoyous1645
mirya1652
unwelcomed1651
unpleasivea1656
sweet1656
injucund1657
insuave1657
unpalatable1658
unhandsome1660
undesirable1667
disrelishablea1670
uncouthsome1684
shocking1703
nasty1705
embittering1746
indelectable1751
undelightinga1774
nice and ——1796
unenjoyablea1797
ungenial1796
uncomplacent1805
ungracious1807
bitter1810
rotten1813
uncongenial1813
quarrelsome1825
grimy1833
nice1836
unrelished1863
bloody1867
unbewitching1876
ferocious1877
displeasurable1879
rebarbative1892
charming1893
crook1898
naar1900
peppery1901
negative1902
poisonous1906
off-putting1935
unsympathetic1937
piggy1942
funky1946
umpty1948
pooey1967
minging1970
Scrooge-like1976
sucky1984
stank1991
stanky1991
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 62 It must needs bee both unjoyous and injurious to any perceaving person so detain'd.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 406. ⁋8 The wat'ry Length of these unjoyous Moors.
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 536/1 The aspect of the new moon was only unjoyous to those who owed money.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. ii. 168 A coarse, yet not unjoyous spirit of reckless debauchery.
1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 12 Apr. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 194 All looking unjoyous, and as if they had no home, nor parents' love.
1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris x. 130 In the middle of the shadow a black, unjoyous figure stood for a moment irresolute.
2016 C. Moran Moranifesto 2 The same crushing, debilitating, time-wasting, unjoyous bullshit I'd had to deal with when I was their age.
Derivatives
unˈjoyously adv. [compare earlier unjoyfully adv.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner
louringly1576
drearily1579
dernly1590
darkly1597
gloomingly1598
dolesomelya1626
discouraginglya1651
mopishly1651
dismally1653
depressivelya1670
surlily1711
dishearteningly1742
funereally1774
cheerlessly1789
unjoyously1812
ghastily1829
ghastlily1829
desolately1831
unjoyfully1831
depressingly1847
lugubriously1848
dispiritingly1882
uncheerfully1890
drearly1891
greyly1898
1812 W. Angus New Syst. Eng. Gram. ii. 125 Joylessly, unjoyfully, unjoyously.
1825 Husband Hunting II. ix. 81 To my thoughts memorials of this kind may not be unjoyously regained, even in such an hour as this.
1997 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 4 June c8 The playing is passable but..Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring plods quite unjoyously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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