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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lifeless — [adj1] not living, not containing living things asleep, bare, barren, brute, cold, comatose, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, desert, empty, exanimate, extinct, faint, inanimate, inert, inorganic, insensate, insensible, late, out cold*, sterile … New thesaurus
lifeless — [līf′lis] adj. 1. without life; specif., a) that never had life; inanimate b) that no longer has life; dead c) having no living beings [a lifeless planet] 2. dull; listless SYN. DEAD lifelessly adv. lifelessness … English World dictionary
lifeless — I (dead) adjective abrogated, annihilated, annulled, at rest, bereft of life, breathless, cadaveric, cadaverous, canceled, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, destitute of life, devoid of life, ended, exanimate, exanimus, expired, extinct, gone … Law dictionary
lifeless — O.E. lifleas inanimate, dead; see LIFE (Cf. life) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning with no living things is from 1728. Related: Lifelessly; lifelessness … Etymology dictionary
lifeless — inanimate, *dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late Analogous words: inert, inactive, passive: *stiff, rigid, stark, wooden, inflexible: torpid (see LETHARGIC) Antonyms: living Contrasted words: alive, animate, animated, vital (see LIVING):… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lifeless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) dead or apparently dead. 2) devoid of living things. 3) lacking vigour, vitality, or excitement. DERIVATIVES lifelessly adverb lifelessness noun … English terms dictionary
lifeless — adj. 1 dead VERBS ▪ appear, be, look ▪ She lay lifeless in the snow. ▪ lie ADVERB ▪ completely … Collocations dictionary
lifeless — lifelessly, adv. lifelessness, n. /luyf lis/, adj. 1. not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter. 2. destitute of living things: a lifeless planet. 3. deprived of life; dead: a battlefield strewn with lifeless bodies. 4.… … Universalium
lifeless — life|less [ˈlaıfləs] adj 1.) literary dead or appearing to be dead ▪ Anton s lifeless body was found floating in the lake. 2.) lacking the positive qualities that make something or someone interesting, exciting, or active ≠ ↑lively ▪ The actors… … Dictionary of contemporary English
