listless

Meaning

Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.

Synonyms

languid

sluggish

apathetic

lethargic

indifferent

lackadaisical

dispirited

spiritless

depressed

slack

weak

lazy

melancholy

dull

inert

remiss

inattentive

nerveless

languorous

disinclined

limp

careless

inactive

unconcerned

lukewarm

cheerless

neglectful

negligent

uninterested

feeble

flaccid

blase

vacant

weary

😩

sad

☹️

slow

be apathetic

dejected

loath

loose

loth

low-spirited

miserable

moony

mopish

nonchalant

offhanded

powerless

regardless

reluctant

sexless

sickly

soft

solemn

tardy

tasteless

tired

😫

toneless

torpid

unaccented

unaffected

uncaring

uncharged

undesirous

undynamic

uneager

unhappy

☹️

unhelpful

unimpressed

unimpressionable

uninfluenced

unmoved

unresponsive

unsympathetic

unsympathizing

untouched

unwilling

worn out

adynamic

dead to

be sluggish

unswayed

be lethargic

unjoyful

unenergetic

undesiring

unforceful

unsupportive

absent

unsympathising

absentminded

agony

asleep

be

blithe

bored

casual

colorless

colourless

coward

decrepit

despondent

detached

disappointed

😞

discouraged

doleful

downcast

down-hearted

drowsy

empty

enervated

flat

gloomy

halfhearted

half-hearted

heedless

homosexual

impotent

impuissant

incurious

indisposed

ineffectual

insensible

insipid

lax

lethargical

lifeless

Translations

apático

lustlos

apathique

indiferente

lasch

lusteloos

unlustig

indolent

languissant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪstləs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lystles

Cognate with German: lustlos

Cognate with Dutch: lusteloos

In summary

From Middle English lystles, equivalent to list (“desire”) + -less. Compare German lustlos and Dutch lusteloos (“lethargic, listless”). Doublet of lustless.