laughterless
Devoid of giggles
Laughterless means without laughter—humorless, joyless, or grimly serious.
The word describes atmospheres, faces, or periods of time marked by an absence of mirth: a laughterless marriage, Her laughterless eyes surveyed the room.
It suggests not just the lack of laughter but conditions hostile to it.
Not showing amusement
- graveSerious and worrying
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
sedate · staid · sober · stoic · somber · serious · grim · dour
Without wit or levity
- unfunnyDevoid of humor
- unamusingNot entertaining or humorous
- boringFailing to engage interest
- tediousBoring through length
dreary · uninspired · bland · flat · vapid · insipid · stale · colorless
Inability to feel enjoyment
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
dysthymia · misery · desolation · bleakness · emptiness · numbness · apathy · flatness
Period following loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- woefulExtremely sad or pitiful
forlorn · desolate · heartbroken · anguished · lamenting · weeping · tearful · grieving
Reduced to silence
- quietLacking in sound
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- subduedReduced in intensity
speechless · wordless · soundless · voiceless · taciturn · reticent · unresponsive · tight-lipped
unsmiling
Not showing amusement
austere · sedate · staid · sober · stoic · somber · serious · grim · dour · severe
humorless
Without wit or levity
tedious · dreary · uninspired · bland · flat · vapid · insipid · stale · colorless · lackluster
anhedonia
Inability to feel enjoyment
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
gloom · dysthymia · misery · desolation · bleakness · emptiness · numbness · apathy · flatness · hollowness
mourning
Period following loss
woeful · forlorn · desolate · heartbroken · anguished · lamenting · weeping · tearful · grieving · inconsolable
hushed
Reduced to silence
subdued · speechless · wordless · soundless · voiceless · taciturn · reticent · unresponsive · tight-lipped · uncommunicative