Lifelessness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lifeless \Life"less\, a.
     Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or
     inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or
     apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless
     carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine;
     a lifeless story. -- {Life"less*ly}, adv. --


     {Life"less*ness}, n.
  
     Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
          dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless;
          vapid; flat; tasteless.
  
     Usage: {Lifeless}, {Dull}, {Inanimate}, {Dead}. In a moral
            sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy;
            inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that
            may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which
            checks all mental activity; dead supposes a
            destitution of feeling. A person is said to be
            lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had;
            he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally
            wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
            deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral
            sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of
            his nature.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lifelessness \life"less*ness\ n.
     not having life.
  
     Syn: inanimateness.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lifelessness
       n : not having life [syn: {inanimateness}] [ant: {animateness}]