'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
Not having life [syn: inanimateness, lifelessness] [ant: aliveness, animateness, liveness]

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]

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