He seems really depressed and lifeless today. I wonder what took the wind out of his sails.
Source: tatoeba (282857)
Lifeless
//ˈlaɪfləs//
Synonyms for "lifeless" (320 found)
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Closest matches (64)
Strong matches (96)
desertdesolatedestitute of lifedismaldone fordopeydormantdrabdraggydrearisomedrearydroopydruggeddrydryasdustdulldumbdustyeffeteelephantine
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enervatedetiolatedexamineextinctfadefallenfinishedflatfood for wormsfoulglassygonegone to glorygone westgroggyheavyhebetudinousho humho-humhollowin abeyancein suspenseinactiveinaneinanimateinanimatedinertinexcitableinsensateinsensibleinsentientinsipidjadedjejunelackadaisicallacklusterlanguidlanguorouslatelate lamentedlatentlaunched into eternityleadenlethargiclistless
Adjective(30 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (160)
Adjective(67 words)
living impairedlongsomelowmonotonousmotionlessmundaneno fun at partiesno longer with usno morenon-animatepedanticpedestrianpeoplelessperishedplainploddingprosaicprosyreposingresting
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rigidsedentsedentarysessilesix feet deepsix feet undersnoozeworthysnoozysolitarysoporificstationarystiffstillstock-stillstodgystraightforwardstuckstuffytedioustenantlesstorpidtranquilunaliveuncoolunhabitedunholidayuninhabiteduninterestingunmovableunmoveableunmovedunmovingunoccupiedunpeopledunpopulateduntenantedvacantvanillavapidwanwastedwastefulweaksaucewhilomwhite breadwith godwooden
logylow spiritedlow-spiritedlumpishlusterlessmartyredmatmatter-of-factmechanicalmoribundmuteno morenonconsciousnonlivingnumbpalepallidpassed onpassivepedestrian
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peplessphlegmaticploddingpointlesspokyponderouspoopedprosaicprosypushing up daisiesreleasedreposingresting easysaintedsatedsedentarysenselessslacksleepingsleepyslowsluggishslumberingsmitten with deathsmolderingsolemnsombersomnolentsoullessspiritlessstagnantstagnatingstalestandingstaticsterilestiffstillstillbornstodgystuffystultifiedsuperficialsupinesuspendedtaken awaytaken offtametastelesstedioustepidtiresometorpidunarousedunconsciousunfeelinguninhabiteduninterestingunlivelyunmovingunoccupiedvapidvegetablevegetativewanwastewearywith the lordwith the saintswithout lifewithout vital functionswoodenworld-weary
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- leweloos adj (inanimate)
- leweloos adj (dead)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄψυχος adj (inanimate)
Bengali
3 entries- জীবনহীন adj (dead)
- নির্জীব adj (dead)
- মৃত adj (dead)
Bulgarian
2 entries- безжизнен adj (inanimate)
- мъртъв adj (dead)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無生命的 /无生命的 adj (dead)
Danish
1 entries- livløs adj (dead)
Esperanto
1 entries- senviva adj (dead)
Faroese
1 entries- lívleysur adj (dead)
Finnish
4 entries- hengetön adj (inanimate)
- hengetön adj (dead)
- hengetön adj (dull or lacking vitality)
- kuollut adj (dead)
French
1 entries- sans vie adj (dead)
Galician
1 entries- sen vida adj (dead)
German
1 entries- leblos adj (dead)
Greek
1 entries- άβιος adj (inanimate)
Hungarian
1 entries- élettelen adj (dead)
Icelandic
1 entries- líflaus adj (dead)
Japanese
1 entries- 生命のない adj (dead)
Kumyk
1 entries- оьлю чырайлы adj (dead)
Latin
1 entries- inanimus adj (inanimate)
Marathi
2 entries- निर्जीव adj (dead)
- मृत adj (dead)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- livløs adj (dead)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- livlaus adj (dead)
Pashto
2 entries- بې سا adj (dead)
- بې ځانه adj (dead)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- doot adj (dead)
Polish
4 entries- jałowy adj (uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life)
- martwy adj (inanimate)
- martwy adj (dead)
- martwy adj (dull or lacking vitality)
Russian
2 entries- бездыха́нный adj (dead)
- безжи́зненный adj (dead)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gun deò adj (dead)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bȅživotan adj (dead)
- бе̏животан adj (dead)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ӧлӱмтик adj (dead)
Spanish
4 entries- exánime adj (inanimate)
- exánime adj (dead)
- inánime adj (dead)
- sin vida adj (dead)
Swedish
1 entries- livlös adj (dead)
Telugu
1 entries- నిర్జీవము adj (dead)
Turkish
1 entries- cansız adj (dead)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The lifeless rocks nod their heads again and again.
Source: tatoeba (1018573)
His grey and lifeless eyes burned like two hot coals.
Source: tatoeba (3381936)
Tom's lifeless body floated on the water.
Source: tatoeba (3726592)
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