dead, lacking life; unconscious; limp
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Lifeless Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDestitute 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.
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.
Difyw = a. lifeless, inanimate
Diysbryd = a. lifeless, spiritless
Marwaidd = a. deadish, lifeless
Adjective
1. deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"
(synonym) exanimate
(similar) dead
2. destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings; "after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly"
(similar) empty
3. lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"
(synonym) dead
(similar) unanimated
4. not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet"
(similar) dead
Lifeless Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lifeless can mean:
- Absence of life
- Lifeless (EP), the first release by Eighteen Visions
- Lifeless (Mark Billingham novel), BCA 2006 crime thriller of the year nominee
- Lifeless (TV series)
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