Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking a sense of humor.
- adjective Said or done without humor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without humor; sober; dull.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of humor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking
humor orlevity ;serious ; notfunny ,amusing ,amused , orlighthearted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking humor
Etymologies
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Examples
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Paches grinned, again humorless, and Phrynus felt the insult.
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First, I will grant your point that there is a certain humorless quality on the SMA forum.
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An idle thought: must all literary interviewers be so intense perhaps the word humorless applies about literature?
More Author Interviews : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2006
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Baudelaire, in his essay on laughter, refers to the humorless as “spiteful pundits of solemnity” and “charlatans of gravity.”
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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Baudelaire, in his essay on laughter, refers to the humorless as “spiteful pundits of solemnity” and “charlatans of gravity.”
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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Baudelaire, in his essay on laughter, refers to the humorless as “spiteful pundits of solemnity” and “charlatans of gravity.”
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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Sometimes I come across as pretty monotone and humorless, which isn't an accurate reflection of my personality -- at least not all the time.
Archive 2006-05-01 Mac 2006
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I don't usually do the internet quiz/meme/silliness thing, but this has caused me at times to be called humorless, and, hey, it's spring.
Because If Everybody Else Jumped Off a Bridge, I Would, Too 2005
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I don't usually do the internet quiz/meme/silliness thing, but this has caused me at times to be called humorless, and, hey, it's spring.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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He urges anyone who is involved in creative work not to get pretentious and to retain her or his sense of humor, noting that "good design may not have to be funny, but it's hard to imagine something that could be called humorless also being good design."
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