Antonyms for characterless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kar-ik-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær ɪk tər

Definition of characterless

Origin : mid-14c., carecter, "symbol marked or branded on the body;" mid-15c., "symbol or drawing used in sorcery," from Old French caratere "feature, character" (13c., Modern French caractère), from Latin character, from Greek kharakter "engraved mark," also "symbol or imprint on the soul," also "instrument for marking," from kharassein "to engrave," from kharax "pointed stake," from PIE root *gher- "to scrape, scratch." Meaning extended in ancient times by metaphor to "a defining quality."
You remember Eponina, who kept her husband alive in an underground cavern so devotedly and heroically? The force of character she showed in keeping up his spirits would have been used to hide a lover from her husband if they had been living quietly in Rome. Strong characters need strong nourishment. [Stendhal "de l'Amour," 1822]
Meaning "sum of qualities that define a person" is from 1640s. Sense of "person in a play or novel" is first attested 1660s, in reference to the "defining qualities" he or she is given by the author. Meaning "a person" in the abstract is from 1749; especially "eccentric person" (1773). Colloquial sense of "chap, fellow" is from 1931. The Latin ch- spelling was restored from 1500s. Character actor attested from 1861; character assassination from 1888; character-building (n.) from 1886.

As in insipid : adj dull, uninteresting
As in mediocre : adj average, commonplace
As in nondescript : adj undistinguished, commonplace
As in null : adj ineffectual, valueless
As in ordinary : adj average; not distinctive
As in undistinguished : adj ordinary
As in unexceptional : adj ordinary
As in wishy-washy : adj bland, dull
As in boring : adj uninteresting
As in garden-variety : adj ordinary
As in weariful : adj boring
As in colorless : adj unlively, uninteresting
As in common : adj low, coarse
As in commonplace : adj usual, everyday
As in drab : adj dull, colorless
As in featureless : adj nondescript
As in amorphous : adj without definite shape, character

Example sentences :

Were his crowns to be only the thornless, characterless ones that went with his profession?
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

At first sight he had struck her as undefined, characterless.
Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev

The sap is characterless and seems to be utterly rejected at the factory.
Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson

But the pity of it is that most of the new things are characterless and dreary.
Extract from : « From sketch-book and diary » by Elizabeth Butler

It is a term of reproach, and means, as nearly as may be, "characterless."
Extract from : « The Fiend's Delight » by Dod Grile

Give me character, good or bad; characterless things are odious.
Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Elizabeth Butler

Precisely; it is to give character to his characterless address.
Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre

Why, out of all my ladies, do you come back to me characterless from your situations?
Extract from : « Once Aboard The Lugger » by Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson

A mean, characterless entrance admits you to the far-famed palace.
Extract from : « Southern Spain » by A.F. Calvert

It is as characterless as a number, and it lacks the number's one excuse for being.
Extract from : « Abroad at Home » by Julian Street

Synonyms for characterless

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