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JOYOUS Antonyms

There are 21 antonyms of the word joyous. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For JOYOUS

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cheerless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

crestfallen
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brought low in spirit

dejected
adjectiveadj
adjective

• affected or marked by low spirits

depressed
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective satellite

• lower than previously

• flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces

• filled with melancholy and despondency

desolate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• crushed by grief

verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• reduce in population

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

despondent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without or almost without hope

disheartened
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic

dispirited
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm

• filled with melancholy and despondency

downcast
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

adjective satellite

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

forlorn
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by or showing hopelessness

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

glum
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moody and melancholic

• showing a brooding ill humor

melancholic
adjectiveadj
noun

• someone subject to melancholia

adjective satellite

• characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

miserable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very unhappy; full of misery

• deserving or inciting pity

• of the most contemptible kind

• of very poor quality or condition

• characterized by physical misery

• contemptibly small in amount

mournful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• expressing sorrow

• filled with or evoking sadness

sad
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

adjective satellite

• of things that make you feel sad

• bad; unfortunate

somber
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character

sorrowful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

unhappy
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• causing discomfort

• marked by or producing unhappiness

wretched
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of very poor quality or condition

• characterized by physical misery

• very unhappy; full of misery

• morally reprehensible

• deserving or inciting pity

Alternatives for CHEERLESS

Alternatives for CRESTFALLEN

Alternatives for DEJECTED

Alternatives for DEPRESSED

Alternatives for DESOLATE

Alternatives for DESPONDENT

Alternatives for DISHEARTENED

Alternatives for DISPIRITED

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