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adjective
- 1. lacking humour; not able to appreciate or express humour: "they are such a humourless bunch"
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adjective. UK (US humorless) uk / ˈhjuː.mə.ləs / us / ˈhjuː.mɚ.ləs / Add to word list. having no humour. Opposite. humorous. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. lacking humour and not meant to be funny. serious She had a serious look on her face. earnest At that time he was an earnest young environmental activist.
adjective. (Cdn Br humourless) us / ˈhju·mər·ləs / Add to word list. unable to see humor in things when most others do: His father was a humorless, embittered man. (Definition of humorless from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of humorless. humorless.
: lacking a sense of humor. 2. : lacking humorous characteristics. humorlessly. ˈhyü-mər-ləs-lē. adverb. humorlessness noun. Synonyms. earnest. grave. no-nonsense. po-faced [ British] sedate. serious. severe. sobersided. solemn. staid. uncomic. unsmiling. weighty. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of humorless in a Sentence.
Definition of humourless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch. po-faced. humorless and disapproving. unfunny. not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor. see more. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce. wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
(hjuːməʳləs ) regional note: in AM, use humorless. adjective. If you accuse someone of being humourless, you mean that they are very serious about everything and do not find things amusing. [disapproval] He was a straight-faced, humourless character. Synonyms: serious, intense, solemn, straight More Synonyms of humourless.
Definition of humorless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
