Spiritless

adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.

    "The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half."

Adjective
  1. 1
    evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking ardor or vigor or energy wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
apatheticbloodlessdispiritedheartlesslanguiddark

Example

More examples

"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the spirit of spiritless conditions. It is the opium of the people."

Etymology

From spirit + -less.

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