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What is the adjective for humourlessness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs humor, humorise, humorize, humour, humourise and humourize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

humorous

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
Showing humor; witty, jocular.
(obsolete) Damp or watery.
(obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
Synonyms:

funny, comic, comical, hilarious, witty, amusing, entertaining, droll, facetious, farcical, jocular, chucklesome, whimsical, ludicrous, riotous, uproarious, waggish, comedic, diverting, humoristic, hysterical, laughable, playful, jocose, killing, merry, priceless, risible, wry, zany, absurd, antic, hysteric, sidesplitting, wacky, clever, jokey, ridiculous, smart, camp, campy, joshing, ribald, pleasant, light-hearted, rib-tickling, side-splitting, tongue in cheek, tongue-in-cheek, too funny for words … more

Examples:

“In a dryly humorous touch, the woman's firmly placed heels seem more than adequate substitutes for the chair's missing front legs.”

“He was much more approachable with his cool, aloof expression replaced by a mild, slightly humorous smirk.”

“His charisma often focuses attention on himself, even when he is introducing a musician to the public in a humorous or warm way.”

humorless

Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
Synonyms:

serious, dry, grim, stern, dismal, intense, sedate, solemn, staid, sullen, boring, dour, mournful, severe, sour, straight, tedious, grave, humourless, unamusing, uncomic, weighty, dull, earnest, sober, somber, sombre, unsmiling, no-nonsense, serious-minded, heavy-going, sobersided, po-faced, hard, quiet, forbidding, glum, disapproving, gloomy, harsh, strict, rigid, austere, subdued, saturnine, deadpan, flinty, grim-faced, cold sober, stony-faced … more

Examples:

“O'Riordan is credited with introducing a certain ribaldry to the notoriously humorless world of women's magazines.”

“We were in a decidedly humorless mood after hearing the depressing news.”

“His mission in life seemed to be gaining weight and telling gross, humorless jokes.”

humored

(good) Having a particular disposition or mood. See good humor, bad humor, ill humor.

humoursome

(archaic) Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.
Examples:

“Mr. McLean, as stout and humoursome as of yore, had solemnly promised his wife to be jocular but not too jocular.”

“A sublime utterance, full of humoursome matter, if it had been a time for humours.”

“Peter was, on the other hand, a most humoursome varlet and excellent company on a wet day.”

humoristic

Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“The pure and touching morality of Thouar conflicted with the humoristic and cynical freedom of Montazio.”

“Diabolic Lounge® is, in short, a graphic novel with a humoristic background based on good, evil and the seven deadly sins.”

“Self-taught, I first expressed myself through humoristic drawings with a mix of black humor and surrealism.”

humoral

Of or relating to the body fluids or humours.
Examples:

“Thus, defects in either cell type have the potential to affect both cellular and humoral immunity to varying degrees.”

“The body uses humoral and cellular immune responses to reject a transplanted graft.”

“As people age, their cellular and humoral immunity generally diminish and T cell activity and immunoglobulins decrease.”

humouristic

Alternative spelling of humoristic

humorful

humorous; comical

humourful

humorous; comical

humourless

(British spelling, Canada) Alternative spelling of humorless
Synonyms:

serious, dry, grim, stern, dismal, intense, sedate, solemn, staid, sullen, boring, dour, mournful, severe, sour, straight, tedious, grave, humorless, unamusing, unsmiling, weighty, dull, earnest, sober, somber, sombre, uncomic, no-nonsense, serious-minded, heavy-going, sobersided, po-faced, hard, disapproving, harsh, strict, rigid, glum, flinty, forbidding, businesslike, steely, unfriendly, morose, surly, implacable, stiff, bitter, frowning … more

Examples:

“O'Riordan is credited with introducing a certain ribaldry to the notoriously humourless world of women's magazines.”

“We were in a decidedly humourless mood after hearing the depressing news.”

“His mission in life seemed to be gaining weight and telling gross, humourless jokes.”

humorsome

Alternative form of humoursome

humoured

(good) Having a particular disposition or mood.

humourous

(chiefly Britain, uncommon, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of humorous
Examples:

“What starts out as a humourous battle between cantankerousness and impatience grows into a touching story about friendship, honesty and caring.”

“But the city's protesters are proving both resolute and humourous in their opposition to the government.”

“I can describe myself as sincere, sociable, optimist, sweet, family solidarity and humourous.”

humoural

Alternative form of humoral

humoring

humorised

simple past tense and past participle of humorise

humorising

present participle of humorise

humorized

simple past tense and past participle of humorize

humorizing

present participle of humorize

humouring

humourised

simple past tense and past participle of humourise

humourising

present participle of humourise

humourized

simple past tense and past participle of humourize

humourizing

present participle of humourize

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