'Lifelessness' definitions:
Definition of 'lifelessness'
From: WordNet
noun
A state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" [syn: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness] [ant: motion]
noun
Definition of 'Lifelessness'
From: GCIDE
- Lifeless \Life"less\, a. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story. -- {Life"less*ly}, adv. -- {Life"less*ness}, n.
- Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive; dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat; tasteless.
- Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy; inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which checks all mental activity; dead supposes a destitution of feeling. A person is said to be lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had; he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lifelessness'
From: GCIDE
- lifelessness \life"less*ness\ n. not having life.
- Syn: inanimateness. [WordNet 1.5]