Spiritlessness

2 definitions found

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

  Spiritless \Spir"it*less\, a.
     1. Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting
        cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
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     2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.


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              A men so faint, so spiritless,
              So dull, so dead in lock, so woebegone. --Shak.
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     3. Having no breath; extinct; dead. "The spiritless body."
        --Greenhill.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Spir"it*less*ly}, adv. --
        {Spir"it*less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiritlessness
       n : the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things
           generally [syn: {apathy}, {indifference}]