Crossword-Solution: MIRTHLESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Mirthless | a. | Without mirth. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “MIRTHLESS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Minus laughter. | 1 answer |
| melancholic | 53 answers |
| Unsmiling | 57 answers |
| Dejected | 65 answers |
| grieving | 67 answers |
| Glum | 69 answers |
| Pitiful | 71 answers |
| Wretched | 82 answers |
| Sad | 86 answers |
| Low | 91 answers |
| Down | 106 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETRAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MIRTHLESS (5)
The thing that held his shoulders stiff, that made him resort to a mirthless little laugh when he was talking to dull people, that made him sometimes stumble over rugs and carpets, had its counterpart in his mind.
Cyr?” She laughed—a mirthless, bitter, contemptuous laugh, which was like a jarring chord in the music of her voice.
And if Miss Madden doesn't mind--why”--she concluded with a mirthless, uncertain laugh--“why on earth should you?” “Ah, why should I?” he echoed, reflectively.
All this we saw through the tracery of the leafless branches,--a mirthless, shivering crowd, crept through a hell of weather into the Hair Buyer’s very lair.
The man to win her is he who calls loudly for his drink, without a "Please" or a "Thank you," throws his hat at the back of his head, gulps down half his glass, and, while drawing breath for the other half, takes a hard, indifferent look at her, and in an off-hand voice throws her some fatuous, mirthless jest.
Quotes with MIRTHLESS (3)
His beautiful eyes were full of dread and sorrow. “You’re different,” she whispered. He nodded. “Yes, I am.”“You should have told me how different.” A mirthless laugh escaped him. “When?
Rex, in his early forties, had grown heavy and ruddy; he had lost his Canadian accent and acquired instead the hoarse, loud tone that was common to all his friends, as though their voices were perpetually strained to make themselves heard above a crowd, as though, with youth forsaking them, there was no time to wait the opportunity to speak, no time to listen, no time to reply; time for a laugh — a throaty mirthless laugh, the base currency of goodwill.
Fuck,” said Bernie. “Fuckwinky eyeballhead.” “No, Bernie. We don’t use those words.” “Which words?” “You know which words.” “You used them, Daddy.” “I made a mistake. I am sorry I said that word. It isn’t helping with our problem.” “What’s our problem?” “There may be no school today.” “That’s okay,” said Bernie. “It’ll be okay.” We weren’t sure where he had picked up that becalming phrase, probably from us, as we tried to talk ourselves out of the awful lucidity certain days …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1956–1973).