lifeless
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
deprived of life; no longer living
a lifeless body
Related & opposite
- inanimateness derivation
- dead similar to
Sense 2 adjective
destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly
Related & opposite
- lifelessness derivation
- empty similar to
Sense 3 adjective
lacking animation or excitement or activity
the party being dead we left early
Related & opposite
- inanimateness derivation
- lifelessness derivation
- unanimated similar to
Sense 4 adjective
not having the capacity to support life
a lifeless planet
Related & opposite
- inanimateness derivation
- dead similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inanimateness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lifelessness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | empty |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inanimateness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lifelessness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unanimated |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inanimateness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |