spiritlessness

noun

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as in lethargy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritlessness
  1. lethargy
  2. sleepiness
  3. sluggishness
  4. laziness
  5. weariness
  6. limpness
  7. languor
  8. indolence
Noun
  • Contact your veterinarian even if your pet appears healthy, and seek emergency care for symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy or appetite loss.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • Symptoms include coughing, rapid breathing, lethargy, and reluctance to exercise; open-mouth breathing in cats is an emergency.
    — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of lethargy
Noun
  • The benefits of an early nap can wear off too early in the day, leading to afternoon sleepiness.
    — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 21 July 2026
  • Melatonin the hormone released at night that triggers sleepiness also declines with age, and perimenopause brings a significant drop that makes sound sleep harder to come by.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026
Definition of sleepiness
Noun
  • China’s economy has been under pressure from sluggishness in domestic spending and investment, as a yearslong weakness in its massive property sector hits consumer confidence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • All this chugs along satisfyingly even with the occasional patch of sluggishness and the usual overly convoluted plot contortions.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Definition of sluggishness
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  • From the outside, and often from the inside too, this looks like laziness — proof that the person just isn’t trying.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Positive qualities—promptness, diligence, cheerfulness—sped up your ascent through the ranks; negative ones—laziness, dissipation, late mornings—slowed it down.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of laziness
Noun
  • There’s a desperation in his voice, a weariness that evokes bad nights’ sleep and endless doomscrolling, but there’s also a delicacy to his performance, a gentleness that has precedent in his catalog but still feels new.
    — Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
  • Eventually, weariness begins to affect more than just your mood.
    — Scott Hanson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of weariness
Noun
  • Trump’s steamrolling of anything, including the Constitution, that might impede his authoritarian project has made the limpness of the Democratic opposition more conspicuous.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of limpness
Noun
  • Liu’s Dominique sometimes loses patience and cuts through the languor with some common sense.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • Both for the islanders and for us, the summer shimmers with a hallucinatory mixture of languor and emotional speed, as summers do in childhood.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
Definition of languor
Noun
  • Although a genius at depicting indolence, Hockney himself worked with a rigorous commitment.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • The rapid growth of AI data centers is simply forcing us to reckon with many years of indolence.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of indolence
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“Spiritlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritlessness. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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