humourless
/ˈhjuːmələs
/(US humorless)
adjective
Lacking humour; not able to appreciate or express humour: they are such a humourless bunch a rather humourless performance...
- His laugh is an expletive, a sharp burst of humourless sound.
- The majority of my blog readers are overweight, whining, humorless Americans.
- Angry writing is also, more often than not, completely humorless.
Synonyms
serious, serious-minded, solemn, earnest, sober, sombre, grave, stern, grim, dour, morose, unsmiling, stony-faced;
gloomy, glum, depressed, sad, melancholy, dismal, doleful, mournful, dejected, despondent, joyless, cheerless, lugubrious, in low spirits, with a long face;
boring, tedious, dull, dry, heavy-going
Derivatives
humourlessly
/ adverb ...- ‘Good to see you're finally awake,’ he said humourlessly.
- ‘Well, then I'm surely going to get along royally with him ’, the silvery blonde boy laughed humourlessly.
- ‘Tell me something I don't know,’ I laughed humorlessly, getting up.
humourlessness
- It's indicative of the novel's general humourlessness.
- I have instant recall for its mesmerising humourlessness.
- And he represents everything women claim to loathe in men: vanity, stupidity, humourlessness.