humorless
adjective
humorless is spelled H-U-M-O-R-L-E-S-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, humorless means “Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in humorless?
| Letters | 9: H-U-M-O-R-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is humorless?
Humorless appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce humorless?
Humorless has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of humorless
- more humorless comparative
- most humorless superlative
- humourless
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does humorless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USLacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
He watched the little dog's antics with a humorless stare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Humorless in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lacking humor:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does humorless come from?
From humor + -less.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).