Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Devoid of gladness and gaiety.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without mirth or hilarity; joyless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without mirth.
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- adjective Lacking
mirth ; devoid ofjoy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking mirth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fenn laughed what novelists are fond of calling a mirthless laugh.
The Head of Kay's 1928
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Frank Rich of the New York Times called the comedian's performance "mirthless"
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Frank Rich of the New York Times called the comedian's performance "mirthless"
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It was not boisterous; indeed, it was consciously refined, -- mirthless, meaningless.
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It was not boisterous; indeed, it was consciously refined, -- mirthless, meaningless.
Youth and the Bright Medusa Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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Often, during the last few days, he had told himself, with a kind of mirthless chuckle, that _he_ was not going to be
From out the Vasty Deep Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907
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(Christian Slater, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall), but this time around the script and animation have resulted in a "mirthless," "underimagined" and "strenuously unfunny" movie, according to Variety.
Taipei Times 2008
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(Christian Slater, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall), but this time around the script and animation have resulted in a "mirthless," "underimagined" and "strenuously unfunny" movie, according to Variety.
Taipei Times 2008
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(Christian Slater, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall), but this time around the script and animation have resulted in a "mirthless," "underimagined" and "strenuously unfunny" movie, according to Variety.
Taipei Times 2008
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(Christian Slater, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall), but this time around the script and animation have resulted in a "mirthless," "underimagined" and "strenuously unfunny" movie, according to Variety.
Taipei Times 2008
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