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Meanings of humourless in English

Spanish
solemne

Lacking humor; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote.

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Examples for "humorless"
Examples for "humorless"
1
And the foundations, of course, Iss thought with a quick humorless smile.
A Cavern of Black Ice
2
In the Presidential debate Carter came across as carping, pinched and humorless.
The new yorker
3
It was a stony smile, humorless as a crevasse in a rock-face.
Highways in Hiding
4
Levet gave a short, humorless laugh as he spread his arms wide.
Embrace the darkness
5
Again that curious, humorless smile flickered about the corners of his mouth.
The Lost Valley
1
Silas looked at her out of his melancholy and unhumorous eyes.
The Fortunate Youth
2
He said this with a mechanical, slow, and unhumorous voice.
The Illustrated Man
3
Even the profound, unreasonable, unhumorous idealism of old Steadfast had its quaint, Utopian appeal.
Foes
4
Faulkner regarded him with unhumorous appraisal, drew up a chair.
The Case of the Gold-Digger’s Purse
5
He took his cigar from his lips and looked at her with not unhumorous dryness.
The Fortunate Youth
Usage of humourless in English
1
Now I'm running code crackers on everything he controlled.' A humourless smile.
The Departure
2
The others were all desperately intent on their mission, and so humourless.
The Neutronium Alchemist
3
Campaigners long vilified as humourless, sexless feminist nags and hags have won.
The Guardian
4
But with someone as humourless as Lessing, comedy is unlikely to thrive.
The Irish Times
5
There are no witty jokes, as the characters are all utterly humourless.
The Irish Times
6
Relentless in the telling, it all adds up to a dull, humourless work.
The Irish Times
7
She was a humourless feminazi before the term was even invented.
The Guardian
8
Her style is relentlessly upbeat, but her moral seriousness makes her sound humourless.
The Guardian
9
He had a reputation as a humourless man, but he seems so jolly.
Reuters
10
His thick lips drew back from his blunt teeth in a humourless smile.
Dancer’s Lament
11
He was good-looking, vain, arrogant and humourless -textbook party loyal.
Agent 6
12
A second hotel employee, hip and humourless, flicks through the bookings for late December.
The half life of stars: a novel
13
Once again I was treated to that peculiarly humourless smile.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
14
Even the Home Secretary, a severe, humourless, legal gentleman, cackled.
The Lost Naval Papers
15
Jhogen?' Comprehension dawned on Coots with a quiet humourless smile.
Return of the Crimson Guard
16
Identity, it turns out, does not have to be static and humourless and defensive.
The Irish Times
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Spanish
solemne
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