Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking energy or enthusiasm; listless.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no breath; extinct; dead.
- Having no spirit, vigor, courage, or fire; without one's customary vivacity; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
- adjective Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
- adjective Having no breath; extinct; dead.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion.
Enervated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
- adjective lacking ardor or vigor or energy
Etymologies
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spirit + -less
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