| Main Entry: | spiritless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blah*, blue*, broken, cast down, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, dopey, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, draggy, drippy, droopy, dull, enervated, flat tire, flat*, inanimate, indifferent, lackadaisical, lackluster, languid, languishing, languorous, lifeless, limp, listless, low, melancholic, melancholy, mopy, slothful, subdued, submissive, tame, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unmoved, zero* |
Antonyms: |
energetic, happy, lively, spirited, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | bloodless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, cold, coldhearted, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, passionless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind |
Antonyms: |
caring, feeling, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | boring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninteresting |
Synonyms: |
arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, flat*, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten, mundane, nothing, nowhere, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, uninteresting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, well-worn, zero* |
Antonyms: |
exciting, fascinating, interesting |
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | cold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, unresponsive |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, cold-blooded, cool, dead, distant, emotionless, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, inhibited, inhospitable, joyless, lukewarm, matter-of-fact, passionless, phlegmatic, reserved, reticent, spiritless, standoffish, stony, unconcerned, undemonstrative, unenthusiastic, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unmoved, unresponsive, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
animated, ardent, eager, enthusiastic, excited, fervid, friendly, interested, sympathetic, warm, zealous |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer alive |
Synonyms: |
asleep, bereft of life, bloodless, bought the farm, breathless, buried, cadaverous, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, defunct, departed, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, gone to meet maker, gone to reward, inanimate, inert, late, lifeless, liquidated, mortified, no more, not existing, offed, out of one's misery, passed away, perished, pushing up daisies, reposing, resting in peace, spiritless, stiff, unanimated, wasted |
Antonyms: |
alive, animated, being, existent, existing, live, living, subsisting |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, cold |
Synonyms: |
anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, boring, callous, deadened, dull, flat, frigid, glazed, inert, insensitive, insipid, lukewarm, numb, numbed, paralyzed, senseless, spiritless, stagnant, stale, still, tasteless, torpid, unfeeling, uninteresting, unresponsive, vapid, wooden |
Antonyms: |
active, animated, interested, live, living, responsive, spirited, warm |
| Main Entry: | dejected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
Synonyms: |
abject, all torn up, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, sad, sagging, shot down, spiritless, woebegone, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraged |
Synonyms: |
bad, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up*, glum, grim, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, let down, low, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, on a downer, pessimistic, ripped, sad, sob story, spiritless, taken down, torn up, unhappy, weeping, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, comforted, encouraged, happy, satisfied, unburdened |
| Main Entry: | dispirited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dejected, sad |
Synonyms: |
blue*, bummed-out, crestfallen, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged, funky*, gloomy, glum, in the doldrums, low, melancholy, morose, shot-down, spiritless, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
encouraged, enthused, happy, heartened, inspirited |