spiritlessness
- noun
- /ˈspɪrɪtˌlɛs.nəs/
:
falta de espíritu
- The team struggled to overcome their spiritlessness after a series of disappointing results.
Examples
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In the meeting, there was a noticeable air of spiritlessness, as everyone seemed uninterested and disengaged.
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More importantly, this community is a place where spiritlessness is pervasive, a place that "accentuates the vacuity of the times and informs the novel's sense of spiritual panic" (Rock 108).
Academic text (2016) -
People appealed to him to save them from the wrath of the state; they—though not necessarily the same people—appealed to me to save them from the wrath of tedium and spiritlessness.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her spiritlessness about the project was evident, leading to a lack of motivation among the other members.
Synonyms
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6.2
A lack of interest or care about things
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4.6
A lack of feeling or interest in things often after long stress
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9.3
A feeling of being very tired and having little energy
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6.8
A feeling of little energy and no interest
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5.3
A state of no life or energy that makes a person feel empty
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7.7
A feeling of cold emptiness and lack of human warmth
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5.4
A lack of life, energy, or movement
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9.3
A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing
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9.6
Lack of flavor or interest that makes something dull
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3.5
A feeling of being a little sad or down
A feeling of being discouraged and without much hope
A weak feeling of interest or excitement
A way of behaving that is dull and shows no enthusiasm
A feeling that something is dull and boring
A feeling in writing, speech, or events that is dull and lacks energy and new ideas
A feeling of sadness and little interest in things
A feeling of sadness and no hope
A time when someone feels sad and without energy
Antonyms
How Spirited
Surface Forms
Morphology
spiritlessness = spiritless (transparent) = spirit + less + ness
Formed from the adjective 'spiritless' by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness', so the meaning is directly predictable.
Etymology
Spiritlessness comes from spirit, a word that once meant 'breath' and then 'energy' or 'life', and the ending -less means 'without'. So, spiritlessness literally means being 'without energy or interest', which explains why we use it for a lack of enthusiasm.