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adj
inanimate; having no life
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: immobile, inert, fixed, immotile, immovable, inanimate, lifeless, sessile, static, rigid, stationary, stuck, unmovable, unmoveable, at rest, dull, impassive, motionless, sedent, sedentary, still, stock-still, torpid, unmoved, unmoving
Antonyms: none provided
adj
dead; having lost life
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: expired, perished, asleep, at rest, blessed, cadaverous, clay-cold, deceased, resting, decomposed, defunct, departed, extinct, fey, gone, good, inanimate, inert, kaput, killed, late, lifeless, living impaired, low, no longer with us, no more, reposing, six feet deep, six feet under, stiff, unalive, unalived, wasted, whilom, with God
Antonyms: none provided
adj
uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: deserted, peopleless, beingless, desert, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, solitary, tenantless, unhabited, uninhabited, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, untenanted, vacant, wasteful
Antonyms: none provided
adj
dull or lacking vitality
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lackluster, soporific, banal, basic, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, boring, cold, colourless, corny, drab, stuffy, dreich, drowsy, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, heavy going, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, lame, languid, lifeless, longsome, monotonous, mundane, no fun at parties, plain, plodding, prosaic, prosy, pedantic, pedestrian, static, straightforward, snoozeworthy, tedious, uncool, wan, weaksauce, wooden, uninteresting, stodgy, vapid, vanilla
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
deprived of life; no longer living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: exanimate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
not having the capacity to support life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
lacking animation or excitement or activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English līflēas (“lifeless”), equivalent to life + -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), German leblos (“lifeless”), Danish livløs (“lifeless”), Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”).
Across languages
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
