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list·less
 listless
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- pronunciation:
- lIst
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
feeling or showing no energy or no interest in doing anything; lethargic.
Her husband had become listless in his retirement, and she hoped he would find some new interests.The drug makes some people listless.- synonyms:
- lackadaisical, languid, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, torpid
- antonyms:
- active, alive, dynamic, eager, energetic, lively, vital
- similar words:
- apathetic, idle, inactive, inert, lazy, logy, phlegmatic, sluggish, spiritless, wan, wasted, weary, wooden, worn-out
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| related words: |
damp, dopey, drowsy, indolent, insipid, limp, passive, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful |
adverb + (adj.)listless
clearly, generally, obviously, rather, spiritually
(adj.)listless
+ noun
afternoon,
baby,
birth,
coming,
crab,
creature,
crowd,
desk,
dinner,
drama,
dream,
expression,
flat,
hair,
kiss,
knife,
look,
mark,
mushroom,
nod,
nurse,
others,
play,
player,
princess,
session,
shadow,
shoulder,
sort,
start,
trouble,
voice,
walk,
wind
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| derivations: |
listlessly (adv.), listlessness (n.) |
The word listless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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