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" There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters."
Natalie Clifford Barney

Meaning of "formless" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FORMLESS

ˈfɔːmlɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORMLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Formless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FORMLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Formless

Formless is the 2nd album from progressive metal band Aghora, released in December, 2006.

Definition of formless in the English dictionary

The definition of formless in the dictionary is without a definite shape or form; amorphous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORMLESS

armless · beamless · bloomless · bottomless · fumeless · gaumless · gloomless · gormless · harmless · homeless · perfumeless · qualmless · redeemless · seamless · seemelesse · stormless · streamless · teemless · termless · timeless

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORMLESS

formicaria · formicaries · formicarium · formicary · formicate · formication · formidability · formidable · formidableness · formidably · formlessly · formlessness · formol · Formosa · Formosa Strait · Formosan · formula · formula milk · Formula One · formulae

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORMLESS

aimless · blossomless · brimless · charmless · dreamless · fathomless · filmless · kingdomless · less · loamless · ransomless · rhythmless · rimless · scumless · seemless · stemless · sumless · symptomless · systemless · tramless · victimless

Synonyms and antonyms of formless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORMLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «formless» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «formless» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FORMLESS

Find out the translation of formless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of formless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «formless» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

无形
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sin forma
570 millions of speakers
en

English

formless
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

निराकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خربة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

бесформенное
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

amorfa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নিরাকার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

informe
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berbentuk
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

formlos
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

形のない
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

형태가없는
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ora wangun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thành hình
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உருவமற்ற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

निराकार
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

biçimsiz
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

informe
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

bezkształtny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

безформне
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fără formă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άμορφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

formlös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

formløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of formless

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORMLESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about formless

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7 QUOTES WITH «FORMLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word formless.
1
Nita Ambani
Indian classical dance is sustained by a profound philosophy. Form seeks to merge with the formless, motions seek to become a part of the motionless, and the dancing individual seeks to become one with the eternal dance of the cosmos.
2
Natalie Clifford Barney
There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.
3
Morris Raphael Cohen
Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions.
4
Charles Ives
It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.
5
Adrienne Rich
We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be 'revolutionary' but not transformative.
6
Delmore Schwartz
Order and disorder, form and formless must have profound psychological roots, nervous roots.
7
Armstrong Williams
A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORMLESS»

Discover the use of formless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to formless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Formless:
This is partly because that field has most often been crudely set up as a battle between form and content; "formless" constitutes a third term standing outside that opposition, outside the binary thinking that is itself formal.
Yve Alain Bois, Rosalind E. Krauss, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1997
2
Formless: Ways in and Out of Form
The paper in this volume challenge the concept of form and aim to set out, explore and develop different theories and examples of 'the formless'.
Patrick Crowley, Paul Hegarty, 2005
3
The Formless Self
Gathering and interpreting material that is not readily available elsewhere, this book discusses the thought of the Japanese Buddhist philosophers Dogen, Hisamatsu, and Nishitani.
Joan Stambaugh, 1999
4
Praises to a Formless God: Nirguni Texts from North India
Discusses and translates important compositions by famous Nirguni poets--poets dedicated to the worship of a formless God.
David N. Lorenzen, 1996
5
Formless: A User's Guide ; [catalog of an Exhibition Held ...
In Formless: A User's Guide, Yve-Alain Bois and Rosalind Krauss present a rich and compelling panorama of the formless, charting its persistence within a history of modernism that has always repressed it in the interest of privileging ...
Yve Alain Bois, Rosalind E. Krauss, 1997
6
The Firm and the Formless: Religion and Identity in ...
Comprehensive survey based on secondary sources; Discusses relationship to land; theories of totemism; taboo; asceticism; ritual; rites of passage; myth; missionary influence; pentecostalism; neo-traditionalism; conditions for cultural ...
Hans Mol, 1982
7
Boring Formless Nonsense: Experimental Music and the ...
It focuses on contemporary experimental composition in which failure rubs shoulders with the categories of chance, noise, and obscurity. In these works we hear failure anew.
eldritch Priest, 2013
8
Formless in Form: Kenkō, Tsurezuregusa, and the Rhetoric of ...
This book asks that question of one of the classics of Japanese literature, the Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness) by Kenko (1283-1352), a collection of brief, fragmentary reflections on a number of subjects.
Linda H. Chance, 1997
9
Shaping Formless Fire: Distilling the Quintessence of Magick
Shaping Formless Fire is a practical book on Magick.
Stephen Mace, New Falcon Publications, 2005
10
A Fabulous Formless Darkness
Originally published as part of The Dark Descent, this splendid collection of horror fiction deals with humanity's most powerful emotions--fear, love, and hope.
David G. Hartwell, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORMLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term formless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Terminator Genisys and the Mind-Bending World of Alternative History
The usually formless antagonist even has its own body in 2029. A liquid-metal T-1000—originally sent back to 1995 in Terminator 2: Judgment ... «Fair Observer, Jul 15»
2
School's out: the best holiday reading for kids
The result is rather beautiful, as is the lovely monster, a hairy, frog-footed, formless thing with a talent for mischief. He poses on the carousel ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
With 2015 Rules Package, NASCAR shows willingness to change
The cars, the tracks, the process through which champions are crowned—all of it seems to get pounded, like clay, into a formless blob the ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
4
UFC bout: Mendes challenge for McGregor
"I just go in there formless, ruthless and cold. It does not matter who is in front of me, or what style or what approach they have. My approach will ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
The drought and psycho grass | Our Corner
There is something about this formless element that be piles of fun for many or mountains of misery. Droughts are no joke. We may live in the ... «Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald, Jul 15»
6
Faith Column: His amazing hand
As far as I understand God does not have hands (my thought) because he is formless and commanded the Israelites not to even try to make an ... «Craig Daily Press, Jul 15»
7
Listening with Ornette
That repetition, that ideational presence of structure in a seemingly formless void, is always already present when sound is produced, or when ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
8
The Influencer: A Decade of Soulja Boy
A guy who is formless by nature could never sustain anything forever, could he? Three days ago, Soulja posted a photo of a brand new ... «Pitchfork Media, Jul 15»
9
Being on the “Horizon” When Discovering Black Activism and …
I am giving form to this formless concept, and allowing that form to continue to go on and constantly evolve. I am On the Horizon and I'm content ... «A Tribe Called News, Jul 15»
10
UFC 189: The best of Conor McGregor's press tour quotes
“Let him study because I will enter the contest formless and fearless. His study will be useless.” “Honestly, it tickles me when the featherweights ... «The Province, Jul 15»
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