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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Examples
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The evening was passed in spiritless conversation, or in listening to the piano-forte, upon which Indiana, with the utmost difficulty, played some very easy lessons.
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Al-Zaidi said last month that the president's talk of "victory," combined with what the journalist called his spiritless smile, proved too much after years of war and destruction following the U. S.-led invasion.
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In Delhi, India, it was described to perfection by one Indian journalist -- "spiritless".
Rebecca Novick: Searching For the Olympic Spirit in New Delhi 2008
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A furious Ratten, who described his players as "spiritless" in the second half, has ordered them to bring their mouthguards to training this week as he searches for answers the old-fashioned way.
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Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry".
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Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry".
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1781, Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry".
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1781, Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry".
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1781, Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry".
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