spiritless
Drained of enthusiasm
Spiritless describes someone or something lacking energy, enthusiasm, or vitality.
A spiritless performance feels flat and uninspired.
A spiritless team shows no fight.
The word suggests an absence of the animating force that makes things lively or compelling: The meeting was spiritless, with no one willing to speak up.
Slow and inactive
- torpidInactive and slow
- languidWeak and without vigor
- enervatedDepleted of vitality
- fatiguedDrained of energy
weary · exhausted · drowsy · drained · listless · inert · lifeless · leaden
Unchangingly dull
- tediousBoring through length
- boringFailing to engage interest
- uninterestingFailing to hold attention
- humdrumLacking variety or excitement
drab · dreary · colorless · flat · unexciting · stale · tame · insipid
Lacking interest or concern
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
impassive · emotionless · dispassionate · unemotional · numb · aloof · uncaring · unconcerned
Stripped of confidence
- downcastSad or despondent
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
dismayed · hopeless · defeated · resigned · crushed · forlorn · broken · deflated
Lacking creative originality
- unoriginalNot new or novel
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- clichédOverused to meaninglessness
formulaic · pedestrian · conventional · uncreative · sterile · mechanical · rote · perfunctory
sluggish
Slow and inactive
fatigued · weary · exhausted · drowsy · drained · listless · inert · lifeless · leaden · heavy
monotonous
Unchangingly dull
- tediousBoring through length
- boringFailing to engage interest
- uninterestingFailing to hold attention
humdrum · drab · dreary · colorless · flat · unexciting · stale · tame · insipid · vapid
indifferent
Lacking interest or concern
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
unresponsive · impassive · emotionless · dispassionate · unemotional · numb · aloof · uncaring · unconcerned · passive
demoralized
Stripped of confidence
- downcastSad or despondent
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
discouraged · dismayed · hopeless · defeated · resigned · crushed · forlorn · broken · deflated · disheartened
unimaginative
Lacking creative originality
- unoriginalNot new or novel
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
clichéd · formulaic · pedestrian · conventional · uncreative · sterile · mechanical · rote · perfunctory · stagnant
- dull wordsboring, bland, tedious, dreary, monotonous
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
spiritlessspirited
Full of vim
lively · animated · high-spirited · vivacious · dynamic
spiritlesscheerful
Pleasantly bright in mood
in high spirits · happy · uplifted · chipper · buoyant
spiritlessmotivated
Spurred to action
ambitious · driven · enterprising · eager · enthusiastic