Listless vs Tired - What's the difference?

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Listless is a related term of tired.

As adjectives the difference between listless and tired

is that listless is lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness while tired is in need of some rest or sleep.

As a verb tired is

(tire).

listless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.

* 1818 , , Frankenstein , ch. 18:

I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless .

* 1861 , , The Stokesley Secret , ch. 6:

What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless , stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!

* 1901 , , The Hero , ch. 21:

The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.

* 2005 Nov. 29, Aryn Baker, " John Hardy: Bali Guy," Time :

“Listless , inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”

Derived terms

* listlessly * listlessness

Anagrams

tired

English

Verb

(head)

(tire)

Adjective

(en-adj)

In need of some rest or sleep.

Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

I'm tired of this

Overused]], [[cliché.

a tired song

Usage notes

* Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.

Synonyms

* exhausted * fatigued * sleepy * See also * See also