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Joyless vs Sadness - What's the difference?

joyless | sadness |

As an adjective joyless

is without joy; unhappy, sad.

As a noun sadness is

(uncountable) the state or emotion of being sad.

joyless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • without joy; unhappy, sad
    • Without Joy, my life is joyless!

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    sadness

    English

    (wikipedia sadness)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  • (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    • She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being sad) forlornness, melancholy * (event causing sadness) misfortune, woe