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life·less
 lifeless
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- pronunciation:
- laIf
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having or appearing to have no life; inanimate; unconscious.
The policeman discovered the lifeless body.- synonyms:
- abiotic, dead, inanimate, inorganic
- antonyms:
- alive, animate, living
- similar words:
- asleep, unconscious
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| definition 2: |
deprived of life; dead; defunct.
- synonyms:
- dead, deceased, defunct
- antonyms:
- alive, animate, lifeful, live, living, living
- similar words:
- asleep, departed, extinct, gone
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| definition 3: |
lacking vitality; dull; listless.
- synonyms:
- dull, inanimate, lethargic, listless
- antonyms:
- animate, energetic, lively, living, racy, spirited, vibrant
- similar words:
- anemic, arid, dead, flat, lackluster, logy, sluggish, spiritless, sterile, torpid, vapid
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| related words: |
arid, damp, dead, inactive, late, logy, passive, prosaic, sluggish, vapid |
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| derivations: |
lifelessly (adv.), lifelessness (n.) |
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