Ill-boding is a related term of joyless.
As adjectives the difference between ill-boding and joyless
is that ill-boding is which bodes evil, spelling bad things while joyless is without joy; unhappy, sad.
ill-boding
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
which bodes evil, spelling bad things
Synonyms
* inauspicious
Antonyms
* auspicious
Related terms
* ill-fated
joyless
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
without joy; unhappy, sad
- Without Joy, my life is joyless!
Synonyms
* See also
* See also