ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lifelessness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lifelessness is a noun meaning The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.

Meaning

The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.

Example Sentences

In the last years of the 20th century, Glenfeshie, a 17,000-hectare estate in the Scottish Highlands, was in steep decline. Decades of overgrazing by deer had reduced its hillsides to clipped lifelessness.

Synonyms for lifelessness

Depending on context, synonyms include inanimateness.

Antonyms for lifelessness

Common opposites include aliveness, liveness, animateness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inanimateness, deadness, inanimation, leaflessness, nonlife, nonspirit.

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