listlessness

Other forms of listlessness

plural

listlessnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about listlessness

What does listlessness mean?

listlessness means "a feeling of lack of interest or energy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in listlessness?

listlessness has 3 syllables: list-les-sness. The stress falls on "list".

What is another word for listlessness?

Close synonyms include languor, lassitude, torpidity, torpidness, torpor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is listlessness a common word?

listlessness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.