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- [spir-it-lis]
- /ˈspɪr ɪt lɪs/
- /ˈspɪr.ɪt.ləs/
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- [spir-it-lis]
- /ˈspɪr ɪt lɪs/
Definitions of spiritless word
- adjective spiritless without spirit. 1
- adjective spiritless without ardor, vigor, zeal, animation, etc.: a spiritless reply to criticism. 1
- adjective spiritless If someone is spiritless, they lack energy, courage, and liveliness. 0
- adjective spiritless lacking courage or liveliness; melancholic 0
- adjective spiritless lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed 0
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Origin of spiritless
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70; spirit + -less
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Parts of speech for Spiritless
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spiritless popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
spiritless usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spiritless
adj spiritless
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- atrabilious — irritable
- azoic — without life; characteristic of the ages that have left no evidence of life in the form of organic remains
- bloodless — A bloodless coup or victory is one in which nobody is killed.
- bored — If you are bored, you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you have nothing to do.
noun spiritless
adv spiritless
- cynically — If you say that someone is cynically doing something, you mean they are doing it to benefit themselves and they do not care that they are deceiving, harming, or using people.
- darkly — so as to appear dark.
- dejectedly — depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.
- desolately — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
adjective spiritless
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- anaesthetised — anesthetize.
- anaesthetized — anesthetize.
- arid — Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
adverb spiritless
- emptily — In an empty manner.
- hopelessly — In a way that shows or causes despair.
Antonyms for spiritless
adj spiritless
noun spiritless
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- campfire — A campfire is a fire that you light out of doors when you are camping.
- cannonading — a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- cross-fire — lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- crossfire — Crossfire is gunfire, for example in a battle, that comes from two or more different directions and passes through the same area.
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