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adjective
- 1. dead or apparently dead: "his lifeless body was taken from the river" Similar Opposite
- 2. devoid of living things: "the lifeless landscapes of the moon" Similar
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showing little energy or interest: a lifeless performance. not filled with or used by people: The offices are still empty and lifeless. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bereave. bite. bleed out phrasal verb. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre. perish.
lifeless. adjective. life· less ˈlīf-ləs. Synonyms of lifeless. : having no life: a. : dead. b. : inanimate. c. : lacking qualities expressive of life and vigor : insipid. d. : destitute of living beings. lifelessly adverb. lifelessness noun. Synonyms. asleep. breathless. cold. dead. deceased. defunct. demised. departed. fallen. gone. late. low.
Lifeless definition: not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate. See examples of LIFELESS used in a sentence.
1. adjective. 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 and he was lifeless. Synonyms: dead, unconscious, extinct, deceased More Synonyms of lifeless. 2. adjective.
adj. 1. not endowed with life; inanimate: lifeless matter. 2. destitute of living things: a lifeless planet. 3. deprived of life; dead. 4. without animation, liveliness, or spirit; dull; torpid: a lifeless performance. 5. insensible, as a person who has fainted. [before 1000]
showing little energy or interest: a lifeless performance. not filled with or used by people: The offices are still empty and lifeless. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bereave. bite. bleed out. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre. perish. posthumously.
Definitions of lifeless. adjective. deprived of life; no longer living. “a lifeless body” synonyms: exanimate. dead. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life. adjective. destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings. “after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly” synonyms: empty.
Definition of lifeless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. adjective. 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. Synonyms: dead, unconscious, extinct, deceased More Synonyms of lifeless. 2. adjective.
1. If a person or animal is lifeless, they are dead, or are so still that they appear to be dead. [...] 2. If you describe an object or a machine as lifeless, you mean that they are not living things, even though they may resemble living things. [...] 3. A lifeless place or area does not have anything living or growing there at all. [...] More.
