spiritless
pronunciation
How to pronounce spiritless in British English: UK [ˈspɪrɪtləs]
How to pronounce spiritless in American English: US ['spɪrɪtləs]
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- Adjective:
- lacking ardor or vigor or energy
- lacking spirit
- evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
Word Origin
- spiritless (adj.)
- 1560s, "dead," from spirit (n.) + -less. Meaning "having no vigor or vivacity" is from 1650s. Related: Spiritlessly.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Informal a person regarded as stiff , boring , or spiritless .
- 2. My teacher found me spiritless .
- 3. Devoid of courage or enthusiasm ; spiritless .
- 4. Does strongly for the man continually in the competition such bigsociety all cannot achieve is not very spiritless ?
- 5. Martin writes 40 drafts unceasingly circle throughout in various magazine company , he did not understand own work aren 't accepted why , but these have a liking for the spiritless thing always to be able to publish in the publication .