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Recent Examples of humorlessness
One of my major disappointments in a lot of the writing was its humorlessness.
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Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humorlessness
Noun
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Listen to him bum-rush a workers’ union meeting and begin describing, with over-enthusiastic earnestness, how dogs get a raw deal.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Though the score is anthem-heavy and earnestness is always hovering, there are moments in the show that are transcendent.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As Agathe comes to understand the extent of her troubles, Exarchopoulos’ performance achieves a sorrowful gravitas.—
Jon Frosch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2023
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But this reboot had gravitas, for Larroquette at least.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2023
Noun
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In all seriousness, Pascal’s nimble and witty performance as Martell dazzled audiences, both with his winning personality and beautiful, ethically non-monogamous relationship with princess Ellaria Sand.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025
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However, depending on the seriousness of Judkins' injury, Cleveland may rethink Ford's immediate future.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There's no gravity on the moon — why is the flag blowing?—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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For example, all of the developments in geometry at the end of the 1800s, those folks didn’t care about gravity.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Glacier National Park, Montana Winter comes early to Glacier National Park, but the hardwoods that are peppered throughout the park’s evergreen forests put on one last show in September and October before the snow begins to fall in earnest.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
26 Sep. 2025
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The crackdown may only be starting in earnest.—
Juanita Goebertus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Certain extreme situations, of course, resist any tone other than solemnity, but not many.—
Willing Davidson,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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There are dozens of little moments of quiet kindness and profound mourning, of gentle reflection and solemnity, of nature reaching out to Atsu, and by proxy, the player.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Humorlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humorlessness. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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