'nerveless' definitions:
Definition of 'nerveless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" [syn: cool, coolheaded, nerveless]
adjective
Lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: feeble, nerveless]
Definition of 'nerveless'
From: GCIDE
- nerveless \nerve"less\ (n[~e]rv"l[e^]s), a.
- 1. Destitute of nerves. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak; powerless. [1913 Webster]
- A kingless people for a nerveless state. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- Awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nerveless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anemic,
- asthenic,
- bloodless,
- calm,
- castrated,
- chicken,
- coolheaded,
- cowardly,
- debilitated,
- demasculinized,
- devitalized,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dull,
- effeminized,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- emasculated,
- enervated,
- etiolated,
- eunuchized,
- faint,
- faintish,
- feeble,
- flabby,
- flaccid,
- floppy,
- gelded,
- gone,
- gutless,
- imbecile,
- impotent,
- inexcitable,
- languid,
- languorous,
- limber,
- limp,
- listless,
- lustless,
- marrowless,
- pithless,
- pooped,
- powerless,
- relaxed,
- rock-steady,
- rubbery,
- sapless,
- sinewless,
- slack,
- soft,
- spineless,
- steady,
- steady-handed,
- steady-nerved,
- steel-nerved,
- strengthless,
- strong-nerved,
- unblenching,
- unblinking,
- unfaltering,
- unflinching,
- unhardened,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unnervous,
- unquivering,
- unsexed,
- unshaken,
- unshaky,
- unshrinking,
- unstrained,
- unstrung,
- untremulous,
- unwavering,
- weak,
- weakly,
- without a tremor