Hypertext Webster Gateway: "listlessness"
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)
listlessness
n 1: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: {languor}, {lassitude}]
2: inactivity resulting from torpidity and lack of vigor or
energy [syn: {torpidity}, {torpidness}, {torpor}]
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