Synonyms for sapless
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : sap-lis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæp lɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for sapless Other synonyms for the word sapless
- aged
- agog
- anhydrous
- appetent
- ardent
- arid
- athirst
- avid
- baked
- bald
- bare
- barren
- blah
- blind
- bone-dry
- breathless
- burning
- characterless
- chicken
- colorless
- cottonmouthed
- cowardly
- craving
- crazy for
- debilitated
- delicate
- depleted
- desert
- desiccant
- desiccated
- dim
- doddering
- dopey
- drab
- draggy
- drained
- dried-up
- droughty
- dry as dust
- dull as dishwater
- dusty
- dying for
- effete
- emasculated
- enervated
- enfeebled
- etiolated
- evaporated
- exhausted
- failing
- faint
- feeble
- flabby
- flat
- flavorless
- fragile
- frail
- gentle
- greedy
- hankering
- hard
- helpless
- ho hum
- humdrum
- hungry
- impatient
- impotent
- impoverished
- inadequate
- inane
- inclined
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- infirm
- innocent
- innocuous
- innoxious
- inobnoxious
- inoffensive
- insipid
- insubstantial
- insufficient
- irresolute
- itching for
- jejune
- juiceless
- keen
- kind
- lame
- languid
- lead balloon
- lifeless
- listless
- longing
- low
- lusting
- matte
- mediocre
- milk-and-water
- monotonous
- muted
- namby-pamby
- nerdy
- not irrigated
- nothing
- out of gas
- pabulum
- painless
- paltry
- parched
- partial to
- pointless
- poor
- powerless
- prosaic
- prosy
- puny
- rainless
- safe
- sapless
- sapped
- sear
- sere
- shriveled
- sickly
- slight
- spiritless
- stale
- strengthless
- tame
- tasteless
- tedious
- thin
- thirsting
- thirsty
- torrid
- unconvincing
- unexciting
- uninspiring
- uninteresting
- unmoistened
- unobjectionable
- unoffending
- unpalatable
- unsavory
- unseasoned
- unstimulating
- vacillating
- vanilla
- vapid
- vitiated
- watered-down
- waterish
- waterless
- watery
- wavering
- weak
- weak-kneed
- weakened
- weakly
- whitebread
- wild for
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- woozy
- yearning
- zero
Définition of sapless
- As in innocuous : adj harmless
- As in thirsty : adj dry, desirous (especially for liquid)
- As in wishy-washy : adj bland, dull
- As in bland : adj tasteless; undistinctive
- As in moistureless : adj dry
- As in rainless : adj dry
- As in dry : adj moistureless
- As in feeble : adj not strong; ineffective
- As in flat : adj dull, lackluster to the senses
- Was not my old age turned into a sapless tree, a poisoned spring?
- Extract from : « The Disowned, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He picked a bennet from the grass and bit it, but it was sapless, dried by the summer heat.
- Extract from : « Wood Magic » by Richard Jefferies
- They may be the same plants, but they are alive, not pressed and sapless.
- Extract from : « The Rubicon » by E. F. Benson
- A sapless tree is not a living one, but dead; a prayerless Christian cannot be.
- Extract from : « Sermons » by Clement Bailhache
- Everything was no more than dried flowers, sapless, brittle and colourless.
- Extract from : « Up and Down » by Edward Frederic Benson
- There is life always, even in the dry fir-cone that looks so brown and sapless.
- Extract from : « The Open Air » by Richard Jefferies
- Repression when successful induced a nerveless, sapless type.
- Extract from : « William Blake » by Charles Gardner
- It will all turn to stubble and sapless rigidity before his eyes.
- Extract from : « How to Observe » by Harriet Martineau
- But that happens when you are hoary and sapless, and when nothing under the sun delights you.'
- Extract from : « New Grub Street » by George Gissing
- He came to meet them on his crutches, a smile on his yellow, sapless face.
- Extract from : « The Sheriff's Son » by William MacLeod Raine
Antonyms for sapless
- able
- alive
- animate
- bad
- bitter
- blase
- bright
- broken
- bubbly
- capable
- caustic
- competent
- damaging
- damp
- delicious
- destructive
- distinctive
- dripping
- dynamic
- effective
- effervescent
- efficient
- elevated
- exciting
- expert
- firm
- fit
- full
- hardy
- harmful
- healthy
- hearty
- humid
- hurtful
- indefinite
- injurious
- interesting
- juicy
- lively
- living
- moist
- powerful
- quenched
- raised
- rough
- rounded
- rugged
- satisfied
- severe
- sharp
- soaked
- soggy
- solid
- sound
- spirited
- strong
- tasty
- unbreakable
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- uneven
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- untiring
- unused
- watery
- wet
- yummy
- zingy
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