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humourlesshu‧mour‧less British English, humorless American English /ˈhjuːmələs $ ˈhjuːmər-,ˈjuː-/ adjective   - And also I've just got tired of the group being viewed as this humourless ... thing.
- As the stags go play they sustain this tone, especially in the humourless hauteur of Graham Fellows's excellent Tybalt.
- Despite grisly episodes such as these, Franz's career was not entirely humourless.
- Despite his wonderfully unattractive and humourless appearance, his exotic origins none the less gave rise to an extraordinary rumour.
- Her personality was drab, earnest and humourless and her appearance calculatedly unattractive.
- It was a wide, manic and utterly humourless rictus.
- Monk treats Russell's sallies with humourless seriousness, trying to get us to see them as proof of intellectual irresponsibility.
- Silent, humourless and reserved, Haig was also shrewd and ambitious and had unbounded self-esteem.
someone who is quiet and does not laugh or joke much► serious someone who is serious is quiet and sensible, and does not seem to enjoy laughing and joking: · Friends described him as a serious and thoughtful man.serious about: · Laura was always very serious about her work. ► earnest someone who is earnest is very serious or too serious, and believes that what they say or do is very important - use this especially about someone who is young or not very experienced: · One earnest young man asked De Mille about the philosophical meaning of his films.· a group of earnest musicians dressed completely in black ► sober someone who is sober is very serious and thinks carefully about things, and does not laugh or joke very often: · I went to see Professor Dandavate, a sober and respected academic. · a sober-looking man in a grey suit ► have no sense of humour British /have no sense of humor American someone who has no sense of humour does not understand jokes, funny situations, etc - use this especially when you think someone like this is annoying or boring: · He didn't laugh at any of my jokes. Maybe taxi drivers just don't have a sense of humor.· My grandmother didn't have much of a sense of humour, and she could never understand what we were laughing about. ► stuffy someone who is stuffy does not laugh or smile at things that other people think are funny, because they are a little formal and have old-fashioned attitudes: · Victor was as old-fashioned as his father, and equally stuffy.· Come on Dad. Don't be so stuffy! ► humourless British /humorless American someone who is humourless never laughs at anything and never tries to be funny or tell jokes: · I knew Deaver at college, and remember him as cold, humorless, and aloof.· Since the death of his wife he has become isolated, defensive and humorless. too serious and not able to laugh at things that other people think are funny—humourlessly adverb |