listless

Speech parts

1. listless - Adjective

2. listless - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

indifferent dispirited indolent supine languid spiritless uninterested wan slack blase sleepyhead heavy stoic sleepy phlegmatic
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Antonyms

pert strong active potential warlike vaulting
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Phrases with the word

more listless less listless become listless

Anagrams

slitless

Examples

And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,- Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber. Letitia Elizabeth Landon

One single ideal can transform a listless soul into a towering leader of men. Chinmayananda Saraswati

Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling and accomplishing his task, that when the occasion comes he may be equal to the occasion. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I have named the destroyers of nations comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction. John Steinbeck

a dispirited and divided Party Source: Internet

reacted to the crisis with listless resignation Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

listing agent Listing number listingly listlessly listlessly avoiding listlessness