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Meaning of "lustless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LUSTLESS

lustless  [ˈlʌstləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUSTLESS

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

WHAT DOES LUSTLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lustless in the English dictionary

The definition of lustless in the dictionary is without lust or vigour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUSTLESS


atlas
ˈætləs
casteless
ˈkɑːstləs
costless
ˈkɒstləs
creditless
ˈkrɛdɪtləs
crestless
ˈkrɛstləs
cutlass
ˈkʌtləs
feastless
ˈfiːstləs
frostless
ˈfrɒstləs
harvestless
ˈhɑːvɪstləs
hitless
ˈhɪtləs
hostless
ˈhəʊstləs
limitless
ˈlɪmɪtləs
shirtless
ˈʃɜːtləs
shitless
ˈʃɪtləs
tactless
ˈtæktləs
textless
ˈtekstləs
thirstless
ˈθɜːstləs
weightless
ˈweɪtləs
yeastless
ˈjiːstləs
zestless
ˈzɛstləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUSTLESS

lusterware
lustful
lustfully
lustfulness
lustier
lustiest
lustihead
lustihood
lustily
lustiness
lustra
lustral
lustrate
lustration
lustrative
lustre
lustreless
lustreware
lustring
lustrous

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUSTLESS

bottomless
contactless
countless
crustless
dauntless
doubtless
effortless
faultless
fretless
fruitless
heartless
heatless
meatless
pointless
relentless
restless
scentless
shiftless
spotless
thoughtless
ventless

Synonyms and antonyms of lustless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lustless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUSTLESS

Find out the translation of lustless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lustless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lustless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lustless
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lustless
570 millions of speakers

English

lustless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lustless
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lustless
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lustless
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lustless
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lustless
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lustless
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lustless
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lustless
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lustless
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lustless
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lustless
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lustless
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lustless
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरर्थक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lustless
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lustless
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lustless
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lustless
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lustless
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lustless
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lustless
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lustless
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lustless
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lustless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUSTLESS»

The term «lustless» is used very little and occupies the 190.710 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUSTLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lustless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lustless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUSTLESS»

Discover the use of lustless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lustless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Faery queene, book VI. Colin Clout's come home again. ...
Seemeth thy flock thy counsel can, So lustless been they, so weak, so wan; Cloathed with cold, and hoary with frost, Thy flock's father his courage hath lost. 80 Thy ewes, that wont to have blown blags, Like wailful widdows hangen their crags; ...
Edmund Spenser, John Aikin, 1810
2
The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser
See how he venteth into the Wind, Weenest of Love is not his Mind? seemeth thy Flock thy Counsel can, - So lustless been they, so weak, so wan. a Cloathed with Cold, and hoary with Frost, Thy Flock's Father his Courage hath lost. Thy Ewes ...
Edmund Spenser, John Hughes, 1715
3
Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen
He told Yafa Lerner: Strange to find myself absolutely lustless. It makes me have to begin everything all over again, find a new structure to hang myself on. Lustless. It's like a kind of amnesia. It leaves me with too much spare time and forces ...
Ira B. Nadel, 2010
4
A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Spenser. ...
:mcth thy flock thy counsel can, lustless been they, so weak, so wan ; aathed with cold, and hoary with frost, y flock's father his courage hath lost. 'J twes, that wont to have blown blags, « wailful widdows hangen their crags ; >e rather lambs ...
‎1792
5
Sacred Books of the Buddhists
But dhamma comprehending ilioroughly, The prudent man, by insight into dhamma, [92] Lustless, like pool unstirred by wind, is calmed. That lustless to the lustless, lo ! how near. That waned one to the waned ! That one not greedy, — How ...
‎1948
6
6 women poets
Some day my lord will long for lustless love, He will want passion without wantonness; Then shall he single out, unhesitant, His wife's caress. I bide my time. Oh, I will triumph yet; His wayside loves shall age. Alike, our charms Shall fade; and ...
Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz, Marjorie Evasco, 1996
7
The Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon: Verses of uplift ...
But dhamma comprehending thoroughly, The prudent man, by insight into dhamma, [92] Lustless, like pool unstirred by wind, is calmed. That lustless to the lustless, lo ! how near. That waned one to the waned ! That one not greedy, — How ...
Isaline Blew Horner, 1948
8
Lingua Britannica Reformata: Or, A New English Dictionary ...
They sculked up and down the woods, over which they were said to preside. a. a poem, or discourse rebuking vice sharply, and not regarding persons. SA'I'TRI' ASIS, .G. 1 the lustless extention of the yard. 2 the immoderate desire of venery.
Benjamin Martin, 1749
9
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
... to listen; EFries. lüstern, Westphal. lustern. LISTLESS, careless, uninterested. ( E.) The lit.sense is 'devoid ofdesire.' Not immediately derived from the verb to list ( see List (4)), but putin place of the older form lustless. We find lystles in Prompt.
Walter W. Skeat, 2013
10
The Wages of Sin
No one, absolutely no one, would believe what any of my Lordloving, church- going, children-rearing, lustless-living girlfriends or I would ever be going through at this time in our fortysome-thingyear-old lives. It's already happened to me.
Audrey Forrest Carter, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUSTLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lustless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Tribute to My First Boyfriend
We were too young for stolen kisses; our adoration was lustless. We only talked, laughed, squirmed at the thrilling proximity of our bodies. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Why Is Female Viagra Such A Big Deal? -- 'The Why'
According to our friends at The New Zealand Herald lustless ladies like Amanda Parrish, who was “one of the lucky 11,000 women that was a ... «American Live Wire, Jun 15»
3
Flyover Country
But wait, aren't drones supposed to be the deathless, lustless, sleepless avatars of our dystopian controllers? The darkest vision by far at the ... «Artforum, Mar 15»
4
The accidental mementos left to us by loved ones
... like "gressorial" and "sacrarium" and "tingle", until I came upon a page – "Luna Cornea" through "lustless" – that was stuck lightly to the next. «Daily Life, Mar 15»
5
Worming through scripts
... (Karan Mirchandani), the son of a B-grade producer, who wants a movie inspired from European cinema with "endless, lustless dark orgies". «Daily News & Analysis, Nov 14»
6
Knight at the Movies: Violette; The Hundred-Foot Journey
Adding to her lack of self-esteem, she's also locked into a luckless, lustless marriage with Martin ( which Provost vividly portrays when Martin ... «Windy City Times, Aug 14»
7
Review of Wonderbound's “Love”
... Bergeron setting table placements with the meticulous care reserved for the lustless. This first piece certainly doesn't mind digging around in ... «303 Magazine, Feb 14»
8
Blowing the Smooth Out of the Summer
These songs are about caress, from the lyrics to the fatty bass lines to the lustless singing. For the most part, they're adult-oriented records ... «New York Times, Aug 13»
9
When a substitute teacher turned Square Pegs into The Bill Murray …
Maybe it's especially obvious in this episode because his worship of preppy Muffy is so completely lustless and sparkles with starry-eyed camp, ... «A.V. Club, Jun 13»
10
The sexless marriage: Should you leave if you aren't getting enough …
It's rare for lustless lovers to live happily ever after in platonic bliss. Invariably, one person isn't happy in a sexless marriage and ends up either ... «Daily Mail, Dec 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lustless [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lustless>. May 2024 ».
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