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adjective
- 1. dead or apparently dead: "his lifeless body was taken from the river" Similar Opposite
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: destitute of living beings. lifelessly adverb. lifelessness noun. Synonyms. asleep. breathless. cold. dead. deceased. defunct. demised. departed. fallen. gone.
lacking animation or excitement or activity. “it was a lifeless party until she arrived” synonyms: unanimated. not animated or enlivened; dull. adjective. not having the capacity to support life. “a lifeless planet” synonyms: dead.
1. adjective. If a person or animal is lifeless, they are dead, or are so still that they appear to be dead. Their cold-blooded killers had then dragged their lifeless bodies upstairs to the bathroom. There was no breathing or pulse and he was lifeless. Synonyms: dead, unconscious, extinct, deceased More Synonyms of lifeless. 2. adjective.
showing little energy or interest: a lifeless performance. not filled with or used by people: The offices are still empty and lifeless. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bereave. bite. bleed out. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre. perish. posthumously.
Lifeless definition: not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate. See examples of LIFELESS used in a sentence.
adj. 1. not endowed with life; inanimate: lifeless matter. 2. destitute of living things: a lifeless planet. 3. deprived of life; dead. 4. without animation, liveliness, or spirit; dull; torpid: a lifeless performance. 5. insensible, as a person who has fainted. [before 1000]
not bright or exciting; not having the qualities that make something/somebody interesting and full of life synonym lacklustre. his lifeless performance on stage. Her hair was lifeless and uncombed. The acting was dull and rather lifeless. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
showing little energy or interest: a lifeless performance. not filled with or used by people: The offices are still empty and lifeless. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bereave. bite. bleed out. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre. perish. posthumously.
Lifeless Definition. līflĭs. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Without life. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Having lost life; dead. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Not inhabited by living beings or capable of sustaining life. A lifeless planet. American Heritage.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English life‧less /ˈlaɪfləs/ adjective 1 literary dead or appearing to be dead Anton’s lifeless body was found floating in the lake. 2 lacking the positive qualities that make something or someone interesting, exciting, or active OPP lively The actors’ performances were lifeless. 3 not living, or not havin...
