'Spiritlessness' definitions:
Definition of 'spiritlessness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness]
Definition of 'Spiritlessness'
From: GCIDE
- Spiritless \Spir"it*less\, a.
- 1. Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire. [1913 Webster]
- A men so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in lock, so woebegone. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having no breath; extinct; dead. "The spiritless body." --Greenhill. [1913 Webster] -- {Spir"it*less*ly}, adv. -- {Spir"it*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]