lifelessness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lifelessness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lifelessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lifelessness n a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" Synonym(s): motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness Antonym(s): motion not having life Synonym(s): inanimateness, lifelessness Antonym(s): aliveness, animateness, liveness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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"lessly}, adv. -- {Life"lessness}, 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 want of vital energy; inanimate, a want 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.