Listless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɪstlɪs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Listless is an adjective meaning Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
Meaning
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
Example Sentences
“Listless, inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”
The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.
I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds, and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.
What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless, stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!
Synonyms for listless
Depending on context, synonyms include languid, spiritless, apathetic, apathistical, blithe, deaf.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spiritless, dispirited, lethargic, dull, unsceptred, anemic.
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