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lifelessness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive; dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat; tasteless. Usage: {Lifeless}, {Dull}, {Inanimate}, {Dead}. In a moral sense lifeless denotes a want of vital energy; inanimate, a want of expression as to any feeling that may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which checks all mental activity; dead supposes a destitution of feeling. A person is said to be lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lifelessness n : not having life [syn: {inanimateness}] [ant: {animateness}]
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