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lifeless
(encz) | lifeless,mrtvý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lifeless
(encz) | lifeless,neživý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Lifeless
(gcide) | Lifeless \Life"less\, a.
Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or
inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or
apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless
carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine;
a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. --
Life"less*ness, n.
Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless;
vapid; flat; tasteless.
Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral
sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy;
inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that
may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which
checks all mental activity; dead supposes a
destitution of feeling. A person is said to be
lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had;
he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally
wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral
sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of
his nature.
[1913 Webster] |
lifeless
(wn) | lifeless
adj 1: deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"
[syn: lifeless, exanimate]
2: destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings;
"after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed
hollowly"
3: lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being
dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she
arrived"
4: not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
lifeless
(encz) | lifeless,mrtvý adj: Zdeněk Brožlifeless,neživý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lifelessly
(encz) | lifelessly,mdle adv: Zdeněk Brožlifelessly,neživě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
lifelessness
(encz) | lifelessness,mdlost n: Zdeněk Brožlifelessness,neživost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Lifelessly
(gcide) | Lifeless \Life"less\, a.
Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or
inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or
apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless
carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine;
a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. --
Life"less*ness, n.
Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless;
vapid; flat; tasteless.
Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral
sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy;
inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that
may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which
checks all mental activity; dead supposes a
destitution of feeling. A person is said to be
lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had;
he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally
wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral
sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of
his nature.
[1913 Webster] |
Lifelessness
(gcide) | Lifeless \Life"less\, a.
Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or
inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or
apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless
carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine;
a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. --
Life"less*ness, n.
Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless;
vapid; flat; tasteless.
Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral
sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy;
inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that
may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which
checks all mental activity; dead supposes a
destitution of feeling. A person is said to be
lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had;
he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally
wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral
sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of
his nature.
[1913 Webster]lifelessness \life"less*ness\ n.
not having life.
Syn: inanimateness.
[WordNet 1.5] |
lifelessness
(gcide) | Lifeless \Life"less\, a.
Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or
inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or
apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless
carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine;
a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. --
Life"less*ness, n.
Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless;
vapid; flat; tasteless.
Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral
sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy;
inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that
may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which
checks all mental activity; dead supposes a
destitution of feeling. A person is said to be
lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had;
he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally
wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral
sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of
his nature.
[1913 Webster]lifelessness \life"less*ness\ n.
not having life.
Syn: inanimateness.
[WordNet 1.5] |
lifeless
(wn) | lifeless
adj 1: deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"
[syn: lifeless, exanimate]
2: destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings;
"after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed
hollowly"
3: lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being
dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she
arrived"
4: not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet" |
lifelessly
(wn) | lifelessly
adv 1: without animation or vitality; "lifelessly he performed
the song"
2: in a lifeless manner; "the girl lay in her arms lifelessly"
3: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly] |
lifelessness
(wn) | lifelessness
n 1: a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness
of a marble statue" [syn: motionlessness, stillness,
lifelessness] [ant: motion]
2: not having life [syn: inanimateness, lifelessness] [ant:
aliveness, animateness, liveness] |
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