Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Listless"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Listless \List"less\, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See {Lust}.]
Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless;
spiritless. `` A listless unconcern.'' --Thomson.

Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.
--Dryden.

I was listless, and desponding. --Swift.

Syn: Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested;
languid; spiritless; supine; indolent. --
{List"less*ly}, adv. -- {List"less*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

listless
adj 1: lacking zest or vivacity; "he was listless and bored"
2: marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited
and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless
resignation" [syn: {dispirited}]


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