'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]

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