What is the Latin word for joyless?

The usual Latin words for “joyless” are trīstis, maestus, abiciō; also afflīgō, frangō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“joyless” in Latin

trīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)maestussad, sorrowful, melancholy; gloomy; mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadness abiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, red afflīgōto strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate; to afflict, damage, injure, crush, break or ruin; to hum frangōto break, shatter; to break, shatter (a promise, a treaty, someone's ideas (dreams, projects), someone's spirit); to bre

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

joyless

tristis: maestus: abjectus or abjectior: afflictus: fractus: demissus fractusque: fractus et demissus.

Of things, voluptate carens. voluptatis expers. A joyless life, *vita sine laetitia ac voluptate peracta.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for joyless?: The usual Latin words for “joyless” are trīstis, maestus, abiciō; also afflīgō, frangō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.