English-Thai Dictionary

spiritless

ADJ ซึ่ง ท้อแท้  dull apathetic sueng-tor-toi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPIRITLESS

a. 1. Destitute of spirits; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage or fire; as a spiritless slave.
A man so faint, so spiritless, so dull, so dead in look--
3. Having no breath; extinct; dead.

 

SPIRITLESSLY

adv. Without spirit; without exertion.

 

SPIRITLESSNESS

n.Dullness; want of life or vigor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spiritless

spir it less |ˈspiritlis ˈspɪrɪtlɪs | ▶adjective lacking courage, vigor, or vivacity: Ruth and I played a spiritless game of Scrabble. • depressed, downcast, or melancholy: over the course of just one summer, our irrepressible Michael had become dark and spiritless. DERIVATIVES spir it less ly adverb, spir it less ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

spiritless

spir ¦it |less |ˈspɪrɪtlɪs | ▶adjective lacking courage, vigour, or vivacity: Ruth and I played a spiritless game of Scrabble. DERIVATIVES spiritlessly adverb, spiritlessness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spiritless

spiritless adjective a spiritless performance: apathetic, passive, unenthusiastic, lifeless, listless, weak, feeble, spineless, languid, bloodless, insipid, characterless, submissive, meek, irresolute, indecisive; lackluster, flat, colorless, passionless, uninspired, wooden, dry, anemic, vapid, dull, boring, wishy-washy. ANTONYMS spirited, lively.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spiritless

spiritless adjective Lilian was a pallid, spiritless woman | a spiritless performance: apathetic, passive, unenthusiastic, lifeless, listless, lacking in vitality, weak, feeble, spineless, droopy, limp, languid, bloodless, insipid, characterless, submissive, meek, irresolute, indecisive; lacklustre, flat, colourless, passionless, uninspiring, uninspired, wooden, dry, desiccated, unimpassioned, anaemic, vapid, dull, boring; informal wishy-washy; Brit. vulgar slang half-arsed. ANTONYMS spirited, lively.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spiritless

sp í r it less 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠元気 [熱意, 勇気 ]のない ; 活気のない .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞