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Search phrase: lifeless

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As You Like ItAYL I.ii.240Is but a quintain, a mere lifeless block.Is but a quintine, a meere liuelesse blocke.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.159But to procrastinate his lifeless end.But to procrastinate his liuelesse end.
Henry VH5 IV.ii.53In life so lifeless as it shows itself.In life so liuelesse, as it shewes it selfe.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.i.144There let his head and lifeless body lie,There let his head, and liuelesse bodie lye,

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1374 In scorn of nature art gave lifeless life; In scorne of Nature, Art gaue liuelesse life,
Venus and AdonisVen.211 ‘ Fie, lifeless picture, cold and senseless stone, Fie, liuelesse picture, cold, and sencelesse stone,

Glossary

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breathlesslifeless, dead
deaddeath-like, lifeless, spiritless
dulldead, lifeless, sluggish, inactive
earthlypale, earth-coloured, lifeless as earth
earthypale, earth-coloured, lifeless as earth
livelessspelling variant of ‘lifeless’

Thesaurus

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earth, lifeless asearthy
earth, lifeless asearthly
lifelessbreathless
lifelessdead
lifelessdull
lifeless as earthearthy
lifeless as earthearthly

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