lustlessadj.
/ˈlʌstlɪs/ Now rare or Obsolete.† 1. Without vigour or energy: = listless adj. Obsolete.† 2. Joyless; without pleasure or delight. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking vigour or energy
nesheOE
lustlessc1325
dowfa1522
unlikely1578
thowless1721
sapless1864
anergic1874
entropic1893
thewless1895
slowed-down1905
slowed-up1912
greyed-out1946
c1325 Old Age xi, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 150 Þe tunge..lostles lowteþ in uch a liþ.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) iv. ix A verry flewmatike man is in the body lustles [L. deses], heuy and slow.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3881 Whan þat þe paunche is ful, A fume clymbith vp in-to þe heed, And makiþ a man al lustles and al dul.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Tim. iv. f. xxiiiiv Preache the worde of the ghospel stronglye, nether beyng frayed with aduersitie nor lustles in prosperitie.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D2v For in his lustlesse limbs..A shaking feuer raignd continually.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Detalenté,..vnwilling, lustlesse, vndisposed, out of the humor.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 214 The Throstell, with shrill Sharps; as purposely he song T'awake the lustlesse Sunne.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
languishinga1325
amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
lowa1382
mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 52 Ȝone lustlese led, so lelely scho luffit hir husband.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Dial. Two Sheph. in Arcadia (1613) sig. Ss11 A lustless song.
3. Without lust or sexual appetite.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > full of sexual desire > not
lustless1590
cold1602
frigid1660
undersexed1898
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C7 He shall be made a chast and lustlesse Eunuke.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xxii. xxiv. 909 The time shall come when we shall doe nothing but enioy our (lustlesse) beauties.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Priapisme, a lustlesse extention, or swelling of the yard.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]
accidiaOE
accidie?c1225
lethargyc1380
faintness1398
lithernessc1425
listlesshedec1440
owlisthead1440
supinity1548
lustlessness1556
benumbedness1566
phlegm1578
apoplexy1589
acedia1607
torpor1607
drowsiness1611
torpidity1614
languishmentc1620
hebetude1621
acedy1623
inerty1623
supineness1640
listlessness1646
cadaveriety1651
inertitude1656
oscitation1656
torpulency1657
sopor1658
phlegmaticness1659
lethargicalness1664
torpidnessa1676
faineantisea1684
phlegmatism1688
vis inertiae1710
torpitude1713
moonery1764
donothingness1814
benumbment1817
inertia1821
languor1825
donothingism1839
Mondayishness1850
mooniness1852
mooning1857
fainéantisme1873
sog1874
Oblomovism1902
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > lack of interest in sex
lustlessness1556
frigidity1586
1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 5 To dryue all lustlesnesse and sluggish drowsynes out of our myndes.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chasteté, chastitie, continencie, lustlesnesse.
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