- humorless
- adjective Date: circa 1847 1. lacking a sense of humor 2. lacking humorous characteristics • humorlessly adverb • humorlessness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Humorless — Hu mor*less, a. Destitute of humor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
humorless — index grave (solemn), pedestrian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
humorless — (Amer.) hu·mor·less || hjuËmÉ™(r)lɪs adj. lacking humor (also humourless) … English contemporary dictionary
humorless — hu·mor·less (hyo͞oʹmər lĭs) adj. 1. Lacking a sense of humor. 2. Said or done without humor: “She winked at me, but it was humorless; a wink of warning” (Truman Capote). huʹmor·less·ly adv. huʹmor·less·ness n. * * * … Universalium
humorless — adjective Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted. He watched the little dogs antics with a humorless stare … Wiktionary
humorless — hu|mor|less [ hjumərləs ] adjective unable to see when something is funny, often because of being too serious a. a humorless smile or laugh expresses no pleasure ╾ hu|mor|less|ly adverb ╾ hu|mor|less|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
humorless — humor (Brit. humour) ► NOUN 1) the quality of being amusing or comic. 2) a state of mind: her good humor vanished. 3) (also cardinal humor) historical each of four fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or… … English terms dictionary
humorless — adjective lacking humor it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning Truman Capote • Syn: ↑humourless, ↑unhumorous • Ant: ↑humorous • Similar to: ↑sobersided, ↑po f … Useful english dictionary
humorless — Synonyms and related words: cheerless, discontented, grim, in bad humor, infestive, joyless, mirthless, miserable, out of humor, out of sorts, pleasureless, sorry, sorryish, uncheerful, uncheery, unhappy, unjoyful, unmirthful, unsmiling, wretched … Moby Thesaurus
humorless — hu·mor·less … English syllables
