"joylessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: joylessnesses [plural]
Etymology: From joyless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|joyless|-ness}} joyless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} joylessness (countable and uncountable, plural joylessnesses)
  1. The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: anhedonia, unjoy Translations (lack of joy): ilottomuus (Finnish), duáilce [feminine] (Irish), duáilceas [masculine] (Irish), duairceas [masculine] (Irish), gruaim [feminine] (Irish), безрадосност (bezradosnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), groamid [masculine] (Manx), neuvoggoilid [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-joylessness-en-noun-msq~tESj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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      "word": "neuvoggoilid"
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