Reverse Dictionary: SPIRITLESS

ADJECTIVES
► ALL AMORT dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected → L16 arch.
► ANAEMIC lacking in vigour, strength, or spirit → 1898 colloq.
► CRAPPY in poor health or spirits; unwell, poorly → 1956
► DAFFISH spiritless; stupid → 1470-85 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
► DEAD-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless; stupid → 1591 chiefly US
► DEAD-AND-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless, stupid → a1862 chiefly US
► DEAD-ASS lacking animation, energy, or spirit; lifeless; usually considered vulgar → 1961 Amer. sl.
► DEAD-BUTT lacking animation, energy, or spirit; lifeless; usually considered vulgar → 1958 Amer. sl.
► DEEDLESS helpless, spiritless, inefficient → 1876 Eng. dial.  
► DOWF lacking spirit or energy; gloomy → E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DOWN IN THE PECKER in bad spirits → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DUMPISH dull, stupid, slow-witted; inactive, inert, spiritless; dull, uninteresting; abstracted, insensible to outward things → 1545 obs.
► FAINT wanting in courage, spiritless, cowardly → a1300 obs.
► FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly → 1590
► FAINTLING faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless → 1712 obs.
► HALTER BROKE submissive, lacking in spirit → 1910 Amer. dial.
► HEARTLESS destitute of courage, enthusiasm, or energy; spiritless; disheartened, dejected → c1330
► HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched → 1581 arch.
► INANIMATED spiritless, inactive, dull → 1753 obs.
► MEACOCK effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless → 1587 obs.
► MUZZY drowsy, spiritless; confused, bewildered; mentally hazy; dazed and unfocused → 1729
► POOR mentally or morally inferior; lacking in courage or spirit; low, mean, contemptible → 1425 obs.
► SAVOURLESS spiritless, listless, indifferent, wanting in wit or pluck → 1804 Sc.
► SPRIGHTLESS lacking spirit, liveliness, or energy; lacking courage or vitality → 1522
► SPRINGLESS spiritless, lacking vitality → 1869 obs.
► SPUNKLESS spiritless; lacking spunk → 1882
► THAVELESS ► THIEVELESS listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or force; aimless, ineffectual, bootless → 1835 Sc. & Ireland
► THOWLESS wanting in energy, inactive, weak, spiritless, lazy; useless; insipid → 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► UNABLE TO FIGHT ONE’S WAY OUT OF A PAPERBAG ► UNABLE TO FIGHT ONE’S WAY OUT OF A WET PAPERBAG ineffectual; lacking strength; lacking spirit → Aust. sl.
► UNLISTING disinclined, spiritless, unwilling → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAFF of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective → 1822 Sc.
► WAFF-LIKE of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective → 1822 Sc.

ADVERBS
► DAIVILIE ► DAVIELY listlessly, spiritlessly → 1788 Sc.
► FAINTLY in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly → 1297 obs.

NOUNS
► DOWFNESS lack of spirit → E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FAINT-HEART the fact or having a faint heart; want of spirit → 1580 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward → Ireland
► DAKES-HEAD a spiritless, stupid person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOWF a spiritless, stupid, or gloomy person → LME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DRUGGLE a term of contempt or reproach: apparently a heavy, stupid, spiritless or cowardly fellow → 1611 obs.
► DUD a person dressed in ragged clothing; hence, a feeble, spiritless, or indolent person→ 1721 Sc. obs.
► FAINTLING one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly → 1614 obs.
► LEVERET a spiritless person → 1630 obs.
► MEACOCK a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband → 1526 obs.
► NESCOCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person → 1775 colloq.
► NESTCOCK an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person → 1674 obs.
► NESTLE-COCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person → 1662 colloq.
► SIMMY a weakling, one lacking in spirit or vigour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► WRECK a weakling; one without spirit → c1925 UK public schools’ usage

VERBS
► HAVE THE HORRORS to have the blues, to be in low spirits → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)