What does lifeless mean?
Definitions for lifeless
ˈlaɪf lɪslife·less
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lifeless.
Princeton's WordNet
lifeless, exanimateadjective
deprived of life; no longer living
"a lifeless body"
lifelessadjective
destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
"after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly"
lifelessadjective
lacking animation or excitement or activity
"the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"
lifelessadjective
not having the capacity to support life
"a lifeless planet"
Wiktionary
lifelessadjective
inanimate; having no life
lifelessadjective
dead; having lost life
lifelessadjective
uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
lifelessadjective
dull or lacking vitality
lifelessadjective
departed
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lifelessadjective
Etymology: from life.
The other victor-flame a moment stood,
Then fell, and lifeless left th’ extinguish’d wood. Dryden.I who make the triumph of to-day,
May of to-morrow’s pomp one part appear,
Ghastly with wounds, and lifeless on the bier. Matthew Prior.Was I to have never parted from thy side?
As good have grown there still a lifeless rib! John Milton, P. L.Thus began
Outrage from lifeless things. John Milton, Paradise Lost.The power which produces their motions, springs from something without themselves: if this power were suspended, they would become a lifeless, unactive heap of matter. George Cheyne.
And empty words she gave, and sounding strain,
But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.Hopeless and helpless doth Ægeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end. William Shakespeare.Unknowing to command, proud to obey
A lifeless king, a royal shade I lay. Matthew Prior.
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lifeless
Lifeless refers to something or someone that doesn't have life or shows no signs of vitality, activity, or animation. It can describe both non-living, inanimate objects and a lack of vigour or energy in living beings.
Webster Dictionary
Lifelessadjective
destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lifeless in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lifeless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of lifeless in a Sentence
What I saw was a lifeless human being without any representation, irvo loved sports, music and the beach.
I fell in love with your silence than your animated lifeless gestures, for its your stillness that conveyed more than what even words failed to express...
This world probably sees me as broken and a so-so worthless rejected lifeless tree in a lost wasteland, looked at as many-many hopelessness’s, In God’s eyes, I am; appeared as this golden tree of life, only the ones free from blindness can see my true reality. -MillYentei D.Y.
She just dropped, dropped on the ground lifeless.
Handing the badly injured and nearly lifeless siblings from zero visibility conditions within to waiting colleagues outside, the firefighter was able to escape unharmed before the room spiraled to a temperature that would have assuredly taken the children’s lives.
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