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mirthless
adjective
literaryuk /ˈmɜːθ.ləs/ us /ˈmɝːθ.ləs/
not showing real enjoyment or happiness: 没有欢乐的;忧郁的;悲伤的
a mirthless laugh/smile苦笑／面带悲伤的微笑
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking humour
a laugh a minuteidiom
be no laughing matteridiom
beyond
beyond a jokeidiom
earnestly
earnestness
humourlessly
intense
lightly
saturnine
sober
soberly
solemnity
sombrely
sombreness
starchy
straight-facedly
turgid
turgidity
turgidly
Related word
mirthlessly
Examples of mirthless
mirthless
The woman's laugh is mirthless and not very hearty, and she is the only one of her company who is laughing.
The woman's laugh is mirthless and not very hearty, and she is the only one of her company who is laughing.
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