noun. The state of being joyless.

noun. The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy.

noun. a feeling of dismal cheerlessness

"Opening with a full bosomed woman, Grace Tranfield (Rachel Botchan) in a compromising position with a known philanderer Leonard Charteris (Bradford Cover) on a divan, this comedy replete with Shavian tropes on such forward thinking subjects as the sexes, the coy pleasures of friendship vs. marriage, the virtues and joylessness of vegetarianism, the dialogue could have been lifted from the pages of a lifestyle magazine."

cheerlessness  uncheerfulness  

acquiescent  agent  algolagnia  conniver  dreadfulness  

angst  anguish  anhedonia  anxiety  bitterness