Life"less, a. 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. -- Life"less*ly, adv. --
Life"less*ness, n.
Syn. -- Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat;
tasteless. -- Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate,
Dead. In a moral sense, lifeless denotes a want of
vital energy; inanimate, a want of expression as to any
feeling that may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul
which checks all mental activity; dead supposes a destitution
of feeling. A person is said to be lifeless who has lost the
spirits which he once had; he is said to be inanimate when he
is naturally wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral sentiment
is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature.
