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Meanings of mirthless in English

Unamused.

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Examples for "unamused"
1
Ramprakash returned unamused and threw Fraser's England cap in some water.
The Guardian
2
The perpetually unamused Finnur is convinced that all Danes are wacko.
Reuters
3
In a sense, the unamused face is the emoji equivalent of throwing shade.
The Guardian
4
Tarling showed his teeth in an unamused grin as the words came to him.
The Daffodil Mystery
5
Baer looks at the cop for the first time, unamused.
The usual suspects
Usage of mirthless in English
1
The question made me smile; its mirthless quality wasn't lost on Frank.
The last four days of Paddy Buckley
2
I was obviously wrong.' His mirthless smile sent shivers down her spine.
The power of the legendary greek
3
His laugh was as mirthless as the cackle of a guinea hen.
Never-Fail Blake
4
She forced a mirthless smile, and clasped her fingers across her knee:
The Hidden Children
5
He laughed a mirthless, cruel laugh, while the crew demanded my death.
Roger Trewinion
6
When Momma Oaks told me, I laughed, the sound bitter and mirthless.
Outpost
7
And suddenly his gust of mirthless laughter made petty the other's insolence.
Then I'll Come Back to You
8
As their hands met, he looked up with a queer, mirthless smile.
The Swindler and Other Stories
9
There's a serpent in every Eden, said Piers, with a mirthless laugh.
The Bars of Iron
10
I bark out a mirthless laugh that doesn't even sound like mine.
Antiphon
11
With mirthless propriety he jotted one word on the announcement-'Approved'-andaddedhis initials.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
12
And something in the mirthless sound made the old workman pause.
Helen of the Old House
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The guests shrieked with mirthless laughter at the suggestion of rough camp life.
The Lady Doc
14
And the building chorus went on, strident and mirthless under the grey-white sky.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. / The Man Of Property
15
She even smiled in a mirthless fashion-andthe man began to hope again.
The Tyranny of Weakness
16
It was never on, really.' Isobel gave a mirthless little chuckle.
The power of the legendary greek
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