listless
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listless
- /ˈlɪstlɪs/
- /ˈlɪstləs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English lystles, equivalent to list (“desire”) + -less. Compare German lustlos and Dutch lusteloos (“lethargic, listless”). Doublet of lustless.
adjective more listless · most listless
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Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds, and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.
Similar: languid, spiritless, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate, dull
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adj lacking enthusiasm
| Español | apático, indiferente |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 物憂げ monouge |
| 中文 | 蔫, 無精打采 /无精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi |
| Português | lânguido, apático |
| Français | apathique, indolent |
| Deutsch | lasch, lustlos, antriebslos |
| Italiano | apatico, spento |
| Ελληνικά | νωθρός nothrós, άτονος átonos |
| Română | apatic, atonic |
| Русский | вя́лый vjályj, апати́чный apatíčnyj, безразли́чный bezrazlíčnyj |
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