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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lifeless — [adj1] not living, not containing living things asleep, bare, barren, brute, cold, comatose, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, desert, empty, exanimate, extinct, faint, inanimate, inert, inorganic, insensate, insensible, late, out cold*, sterile … New thesaurus
lifeless — [līf′lis] adj. 1. without life; specif., a) that never had life; inanimate b) that no longer has life; dead c) having no living beings [a lifeless planet] 2. dull; listless SYN. DEAD lifelessly adv. lifelessness … English World dictionary
lifeless — I (dead) adjective abrogated, annihilated, annulled, at rest, bereft of life, breathless, cadaveric, cadaverous, canceled, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, destitute of life, devoid of life, ended, exanimate, exanimus, expired, extinct, gone … Law dictionary
lifeless — O.E. lifleas inanimate, dead; see LIFE (Cf. life) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning with no living things is from 1728. Related: Lifelessly; lifelessness … Etymology dictionary
lifeless — inanimate, *dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late Analogous words: inert, inactive, passive: *stiff, rigid, stark, wooden, inflexible: torpid (see LETHARGIC) Antonyms: living Contrasted words: alive, animate, animated, vital (see LIVING):… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lifeless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) dead or apparently dead. 2) devoid of living things. 3) lacking vigour, vitality, or excitement. DERIVATIVES lifelessly adverb lifelessness noun … English terms dictionary
lifeless — [[t]la͟ɪfləs[/t]] 1) ADJ If a person or animal is lifeless, they are dead, or are so still that they appear to be dead. Their cold blooded killers had then dragged their lifeless bodies upstairs to the bathroom... There was no breathing or pulse… … English dictionary
lifeless — adj. 1 dead VERBS ▪ appear, be, look ▪ She lay lifeless in the snow. ▪ lie ADVERB ▪ completely … Collocations dictionary
lifeless — life|less [ˈlaıfləs] adj 1.) literary dead or appearing to be dead ▪ Anton s lifeless body was found floating in the lake. 2.) lacking the positive qualities that make something or someone interesting, exciting, or active ≠ ↑lively ▪ The actors… … Dictionary of contemporary English
