Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Joyless · Joy·less · IPA 01 a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. 1. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. “With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat.” — Dryden. “Youth and health and war are joyless to him.” — Addison. “[He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass.” — Dryden.