I feel listless and have a throbbing headache.
Source: tatoeba (40488)
Listless
//ˈlɪstlɪs//
Synonyms for "listless" (207 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
Related words (103)
Adjective(26 words)
lotophagouslukewarmmopeynonchalantnonplussedphlegmaticpococuranteremissshiftlessspiritlesssupinetepidtorpedinoustorpidunarouseduncaringunconcernedunenthusiasticunflappableunimpressible
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lukewarmlumpishlustlessmarrowlessmindlessmoribundnegligentnervelessnonchalantnumbnumbedolympianpassivepeplessperfunctoryphlegmaticpithlessplucklesspococurantepooped
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powerlessrecklessregardlessresignedrubberysaplesssatedsinewlessslacksleepyslowsluggishsoftsomnolentsoporificspentspinelessspiritlessspunklessstagnantstagnatingstoicstolidstrengthlessstultifiedstupefiedsupinetardytepidthoughtlesstorpidturned offturned-offunanxiousuncaringunconcernedundiscriminatingunemotionalunenthusiasticunhardeneduninquiringuninquisitiveuninteresteduninvolvedunmindfulunnervedunsolicitousunstrungvegetablevegetativewanweakweaklywearywishy washywithdrawnworld-weary
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νωθρός adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Bulgarian
2 entries- апатичен adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- равнодушен adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Catalan
1 entries- apàtic adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無精打采 adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Dutch
1 entries- lusteloos adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Esperanto
1 entries- senenergia adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Finnish
3 entries- innoton adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- voimaton adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- välinpitämätön adj (lacking enthusiasm)
French
2 entries- apathique adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- indolent adj (lacking enthusiasm)
German
3 entries- antriebslos adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- lasch adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- lustlos adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Greek
2 entries- άτονος adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- νωθρός adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Hungarian
1 entries- fásult adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Irish
4 entries- díbheo adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- fuairnéalach adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- fuarbhruite adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- fuarspreosach adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Italian
2 entries- apatico adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- spento adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Japanese
1 entries- 物憂げ adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Latin
1 entries- languidus adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Māori
4 entries- anuhea adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- hangenge adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- iwingohe adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- tauwherū adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Occitan
1 entries- apatic adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كوشك adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Polish
4 entries- apatyczny adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- obojętny adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- tępy adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- śnięty adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Portuguese
2 entries- apático adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- lânguido adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Romanian
2 entries- apatic adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- atonic adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Russian
3 entries- апати́чный adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- безразли́чный adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- вя́лый adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Spanish
2 entries- apático adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- indiferente adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Swedish
4 entries- apatisk adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- håglös adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- likgiltig adj (lacking enthusiasm)
- loj adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kuro adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Turkish
1 entries- bezgin adj (lacking enthusiasm)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
According to David Frum, the US Republican Party staged a convention which was their most listless and most joyless in twenty years, but Elizabeth Warren characterized that convention as the nastiest and most divisive in half a century.
Source: tatoeba (5293267)
How gaily the kids skip and play, whilst I sink into listless repose!
Source: tatoeba (6212474)
Holmes sat silently, with his head thrown back and his eyes closed, in an attitude which might seem listless to a stranger, but which I knew betokened the most intense self-absorption.
Source: tatoeba (7414145)
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