Definition of Spiritless. Meaning of Spiritless. Synonyms of Spiritless

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Definition of Spiritless

Spiritless
Spiritless Spir"it*less, a. 1. Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed. 2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire. A men so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in lock, so woebegone. --Shak. 3. Having no breath; extinct; dead. ``The spiritless body.' --Greenhill. -- Spir"it*less*ly, adv. -- Spir"it*less*ness, n.

Meaning of Spiritless from wikipedia

- High-mindedness Vainglory Lack of purpose Right ambition Over-ambition Spiritlessness Good temper Irascibility Rudeness Civility Obsequiousness Cowardice...
- uncomplimentary. Of Chinese people, he wrote that "even the children are spiritless and look obtuse... It would be a pity if these Chinese supplant all other...
- a surname of English and Irish origin. Derived from a nickname for a "spiritless man", the name is borrowed from Middle English for milksop, meaning "piece...
- cautious realism softened by a vague attempt to be intimate make this a spiritless and characterless hunk of nonsense." Lily Waddell in the Evening Standard...
- completed, and never come near to taste ambrosia and nectar, but lie spiritless and voiceless on a strewn bed: and a heavy trance overshadows him. But...
- P****ionless, unresponsive, unaffectionate, chilly, uncaring, unstirred, spiritless, lackluster, unexcitable, unperturbed, cold; all emotions diminished....
- War last year. But a lot of him goes almost nowhere in this slack and spiritless solo escapade." Collin criticized Watts's direction but was positive of...
- critics. Vincent Canby of The New York Times described it as "violent, but spiritless." It holds a rating of 33% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 9 reviews, with...
- "arguably his greatest", but by others as "wishy-washy, religiose" and "spiritless". It is the largest series of religious-themed works by any American artist...
- the party by 1934. Søren Kierkegaard wrote that "the petty bourgeois is spiritless[.] ... Devoid of imagination, as the petty bourgeois always is, he lives...