humourlessness
Absence of mirth
Humourlessness is the quality of lacking humour—an inability or unwillingness to find things funny or to make others laugh.
It suggests someone who takes everything seriously, misses jokes, or fails to appreciate wit: His humourlessness made him difficult company at parties.
The word often carries disapproval, implying a deficiency rather than mere preference.
Also spelled humorlessness.
Mutual mass attraction
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- staidnessComposed, serious demeanor
gravitas · sedateness · soberness · weightiness · thoughtfulness · deliberateness · intenseness · purposefulness
Not entertaining or humorous
- unsmilingNot showing amusement
- mirthlessLacking genuine amusement
- cheerlessDevoid of mirth
- joylessWithout pleasure or gladness
dour · grim · bleak · dreary · somber · morose · glum · sullen
Intensity of sternness
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
- rigidityState of being unbending
inflexibility · grimness · stiffness · coldness · aloofness · forbidding · unforgiving · unyielding
Weary disinterest from monotony
- tediumWearisome dullness
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- drabnessAbsence of color or interest
- lifelessnessQuality of having no animation
flatness · blandness · vapidity · insipidity · colorlessness · dreariness · staleness · banality
Uncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- stonefacedShowing no emotion
- poker-facedShowing no emotion
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
inexpressive · blank · wooden · unresponsive · phlegmatic · stolid · unmoved · undemonstrative
gravity
Mutual mass attraction
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
staidness · gravitas · sedateness · soberness · weightiness · thoughtfulness · deliberateness · intenseness · purposefulness · single-mindedness
unamusing
Not entertaining or humorous
joyless · dour · grim · bleak · dreary · somber · morose · glum · sullen · melancholic
severity
Intensity of sternness
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
rigidity · inflexibility · grimness · stiffness · coldness · aloofness · forbidding · unforgiving · unyielding · steeliness
boredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
lifelessness · flatness · blandness · vapidity · insipidity · colorlessness · dreariness · staleness · banality · prosaic
stoicism
Uncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- stonefacedShowing no emotion
- poker-facedShowing no emotion
expressionless · inexpressive · blank · wooden · unresponsive · phlegmatic · stolid · unmoved · undemonstrative · emotionless
humourlessnesshumorousness
Quality of being funny
sense of humour · sense of humor · funniness · humour · wittiness
humourlessnessplayfulness
Lighthearted, frisky spirit
lightheartedness · levity · light-heartedness · gaiety · merriment
humor, humorous, humorist, humour, humourless, unhumorous, humorousness, humorlessness, humourist