Listless
['lɪs(t)lɪs] or ['lɪstləs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking zest or vivacity; 'he was listless and bored' .
Checked by Janice--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inattentive, indifferent, heedless, careless, thoughtless.
Editor: Stanton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Indifferent, careless, uninterested, vacant, languid, indolent, supine,lackadaisical, torpid, heedless
ANT:Eager, interested, curious, ardent, attentive, absorbed, active, engaged,earnest
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Examples
- He appeared somewhat reassured, on beholding her in the same listless attitude from which he had first roused her. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Maurice, leaning forward with a sigh, took a handful of nuts, which he proceeded to crack in a listless fashion. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Soured and listless, Miss Fanshawe was beginning to disclose the causes of her prostrate condition. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He took up the paper in a listless way, but his attention instantly became riveted, and he gave a little cry of satisfaction. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Is not the listless apathy of the Chinese due to a diet of rice? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Hale was utterly listless, and incapable of deciding on anything. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- After some days spent in listless indolence, during which I traversed many leagues, I arrived at Strasburgh, where I waited two days for Clerval. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He is not listless now, but full of life and spirits. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He had lost his listless expression, and again I saw an alert light of interest in his keen, deep-set eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She gave way to listless languor. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- As he approached he was struck by her listless attitude: she sat there as if she had nothing else to do. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was gone before she could study it and the listless expression back again. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- 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. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- No, said Charley, in the same listless tone. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As I sat solitary, purposing to adjourn to the garden and leave the coast clear, but too listless to fulfil my own intent, I heard the workmen coming. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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