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Spiritless vs Supine - What's the difference?

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Spiritless is a related term of supine.


As adjectives the difference between spiritless and supine

is that spiritless is lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion enervated while supine is lying on its back, reclined.

As a noun supine is

(grammar) a type of verbal noun.

spiritless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
  • :The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.
  • Synonyms

    * languid

    Derived terms

    * spiritlessly * spiritlessness

    supine

    English

    (wikipedia supine)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lying on its back, reclined
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.}}
  • Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
  • * Dryden
  • If the vine / On rising ground be placed, or hills supine .
  • Negligent; heedless; listless; lethargic; indifferent.
  • * Woodward
  • He became pusillanimous and supine , and openly exposed to any temptation.
  • *
  • Passive
  • * 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press: 1973, page 34,
  • Nothing, therefore, can be more contrary than such a philosophy to the supine indolence of the mind.

    Synonyms

    * (lying back) reclined * (sloping) inclined, sloping * (lethargic) lethargic, sleepy, tired * (passive) passive, peaceful

    Antonyms

    * (lying face down) prone, prostrate

    Derived terms

    * supination

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A type of verbal noun.
  • See also

    * gerund * infinitive

    Anagrams

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