listless

  • 11listless — adjective this heat makes me listless a listless performance Syn: lethargic, enervated, spiritless, lifeless, languid, languorous, inactive, inert, sluggish, torpid Ant: energetic …

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  • 12listless — adjective Etymology: Middle English listles, from 2list Date: 15th century characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit < a listless melancholy attitude > Synonyms: see languid • listlessly adverb • listlessness noun …

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  • 13listless — adjective /ˈlɪstləs/ Lacking energy, enthusiasm or liveliness. She gave him a listless smile and went back to her book …

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  • 14listless — list|less [ˈlıstləs] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: list pleasure, desire (13 19 centuries) (from Old English lystan to please, wish ) + less] feeling tired and not interested in things ▪ The heat was making me listless. &GT;listlessly adv&#8230; …

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  • 15listless — adjective feeling tired and not interested in things: The heat was making me listless. listlessly adverb listlessness noun (U) …

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  • 16listless — UK [ˈlɪstləs] / US adjective feeling as if you have no energy and no interest in anything The heat made us all feel listless. Derived words: listlessly adverb listlessness noun uncountable …

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  • 17listless — /ˈlɪstləs / (say listluhs) adjective 1. feeling no inclination towards or interest in anything. 2. characterised by or indicating such feeling: a listless mood. {late Middle English, from list4 + less} –listlessly, adverb …

  • 18listless — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, Olympian, aloof, anemic, apathetic, asthenic, ataractic, benumbed, blah, blase, bloodless, bored, careless, casual, chicken, comatose, cool, cowardly, dead, debilitated, desensitized, detached, devil may&#8230; …

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  • 19listless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indifferent, languid, spiritless, apathetic, lethargic. See inactivity.Ant., energetic, lively. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking spirit or deSire] Syn. dull, stupid, spiritless, inattentive,&#8230; …

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  • 20listless — list|less [ lıstləs ] adjective feeling as if you have no energy and no interest in anything ╾ list|less|ly adverb ╾ list|less|ness noun uncount …

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