"mirthless" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more mirthless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mirthless",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "mirthlessly"
        },
        {
          "word": "mirthlessness"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1958 December 7, James Thurber, The New York Times Magazine:",
          "text": "The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad."
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        [
          "mirth",
          "mirth"
        ],
        [
          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cheerless"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "mirthlesse"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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      "enpr": "mûrth'lĭs"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mûrth'lĕs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝθləs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝθlɪs/"
    },
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  "word": "mirthless"
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    {
      "word": "cheerless"
    }
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "mirthlessly"
    },
    {
      "word": "mirthlessness"
    }
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        "2": "mirth",
        "3": "-less"
      },
      "expansion": "mirth + -less",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more mirthless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mirthless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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        ],
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          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
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          "sad",
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      "enpr": "mûrth'lĭs"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mûrth'lĕs"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɝθləs/"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cheerless"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "word": "mirthlesse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mirthless"
}