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Antonyms for lifelessness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahyf-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪf lɪs

Definition of lifelessness

Origin :
  • Old English lifleas "inanimate, dead;" see life + -less. Meaning "with no living things" is from 1728. Related: Lifelessly; lifelessness.
  • noun dullness
Example sentences :
  • For the moment this lifelessness was not observed by the hungry castaways.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • The aridness, the desiccation, the lifelessness of everything about was somehow shocking.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • A living person, she seemed the personification of lifelessness.
  • Extract from : « The Master Mummer » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • But there are two kinds of lifelessness: one from which there is no back-coming—one from which there is.
  • Extract from : « Red as a Rose is She » by Rhoda Broughton
  • We talk of death and of lifelessness, but we know only of life.
  • Extract from : « The Holy Earth » by L. H. Bailey
  • Hence the lifelessness of its criticism, its advice, its plans, and its recipes.
  • Extract from : « Dictatorship vs. Democracy » by Leon Trotsky
  • The tint of the silk added to the lifelessness of her aspect.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Barrier » by Louis Tracy
  • It had been a lifeless day, and I was wondering how long I could endure the lifelessness.
  • Extract from : « The High Heart » by Basil King
  • It was the weight that crushed her almost to lifelessness; it was the bar sinister.
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of Anderson Crow » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • His routine might be due, not to a lifelessness, but to a rush of life.
  • Extract from : « Orthodoxy » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for lifelessness

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