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单词 listless
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Examples of 'listless' in a sentence
listless

The most listless performances came further up the pitch, though.You will soon become listless and bored.But that is still no excuse for the listless effort they are putting in.At no point was he drunk or listless, bored or boring.Why has our politics become so listless, compared to three decades ago?The dogs then become listless, go off their food and vomit.The crowd was rather listless.They may become listless and not so playful and might stop wanting to go for a walk or interact with you, or other dogs.Does your voice sound nervous, monotone, listless or bored?At these times I would feel bored and listless, trapped inside the walls of my house.

In other languages
listless

British English: listless ADJECTIVE
Someone who is listless has no energy or enthusiasm.
He was listless and pale and wouldn't eat much.
  • American English: listless
  • Brazilian Portuguese: apático
  • Chinese: 无精打采的
  • European Spanish: apático
  • French: apathique
  • German: lustlos
  • Italian: svogliato
  • Japanese: やる気のない
  • Korean: 열의 없는
  • European Portuguese: apático
  • Latin American Spanish: apático

(adjective) 
Definition
lacking interest or energy
He was listless and pale and wouldn't eat.
Synonyms
languid
He's a large languid man with a round and impassive face.
sluggish
feeling sluggish and lethargic after a big meal
lifeless
His novels are shallow and lifeless.
lethargic
He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed.
heavy
I struggle to raise eyelids still heavy with sleep.
limp
vacant
indifferent
languishing
inert
He covered the inert body with a blanket
apathetic
Many people feel apathetic about the candidates in both parties.
lymphatic
impassive
supine
a willing and supine executive
indolent
indolent teenagers who won't lift a finger to help
torpid
He led a lazy, torpid life at the weekends.
inattentive
enervated
spiritless
The crowds were too spiritless to resist.
mopish
Opposites
spirited
,
active
,
alert
,
lively
,
energetic
,
attentive
,
sparky
,
wide-awake
,
alive and kicking
,
full of beans (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of apathetic
Many people feel apathetic about the candidates in both parties.
Synonyms
uninterested,
passive,
indifferent,
sluggish,
unmoved,
stoic,
stoical,
unconcerned,
listless,
cold,
cool,
impassive,
unresponsive,
phlegmatic,
unfeeling,
unemotional,
torpid,
emotionless,
insensible
in the sense of heavy
Definition
clumsy and slow
I struggle to raise eyelids still heavy with sleep.
Synonyms
sluggish,
slow,
dull,
wooden,
stupid,
inactive,
inert,
apathetic,
drowsy,
listless,
indolent,
torpid,
hevE
in the sense of indolent
Definition
lazy
indolent teenagers who won't lift a finger to help
Synonyms
lazy,
slack,
idle,
slow,
sluggish,
inactive,
inert,
languid,
lethargic,
listless,
lackadaisical,
torpid,
good-for-nothing,
workshy,
slothful (formal),
lumpish,
fainéant

Nearby words of
listless

  • listen
  • listen in on something
  • listing
  • listless
  • listlessness
  • litany
  • literacy

Synonyms of 'listless'

listless

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of inert
Definition
inactive or lifeless
He covered the inert body with a blanket
Synonyms
inactive,
still,
motionless,
dead,
passive,
slack,
static,
dormant,
lifeless,
leaden,
immobile,
inanimate,
unresponsive,
unmoving,
quiescent,
torpid,
unreactive,
slumberous (poetic)
in the sense of lethargic
He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed.
Synonyms
sluggish,
slow,
lazy,
sleepy,
heavy,
dull,
indifferent,
debilitated,
inactive,
inert,
languid,
apathetic,
drowsy,
listless,
comatose,
stupefied,
unenthusiastic,
somnolent,
torpid,
slothful (formal),
enervated,
unenergetic
in the sense of lifeless
Definition
lacking liveliness or animation
His novels are shallow and lifeless.
Synonyms
dull,
cold,
flat,
hollow,
heavy,
slow,
wooden,
stiff,
passive,
static,
pointless,
sluggish,
lacklustre,
lethargic,
colourless,
listless,
torpid,
spiritless
in the sense of sluggish
Definition
lacking energy
feeling sluggish and lethargic after a big meal
Synonyms
inactive,
slow,
lethargic,
listless,
heavy,
dull,
lifeless,
inert,
slow-moving,
unresponsive,
phlegmatic,
indolent,
torpid,
slothful (formal)
in the sense of spiritless
The crowds were too spiritless to resist.
Synonyms
apathetic,
lacklustre,
dispirited,
listless,
low (informal),
depressed,
dull,
melancholy,
lifeless,
unmoved,
languid,
dejected,
despondent,
melancholic,
droopy,
unenthusiastic,
torpid,
mopy
in the sense of supine
a willing and supine executive
Synonyms
lethargic,
passive,
lazy,
idle,
indifferent,
careless,
sluggish,
negligent,
inert,
languid,
uninterested,
apathetic,
lymphatic,
listless,
indolent,
heedless,
torpid,
slothful (formal),
spiritless
in the sense of torpid
Definition
sluggish or dull
He led a lazy, torpid life at the weekends.
Synonyms
inactive,
lazy,
sluggish,
languid,
slow,
dull,
passive,
numb,
motionless,
stagnant,
inert,
slow-moving,
lethargic,
apathetic,
lymphatic,
drowsy,
listless,
indolent,
languorous,
somnolent,
lackadaisical,
slothful (formal),
benumbed,
fainéant
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