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zestlessness

zestlessness noun: the state or condition of being zestless; lack of passion or enthusiasm.

Noun

zestlessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being zestless; lack of passion or enthusiasm.
    • But now, pondering all this during these weeks of his despondency he grew frightened at his own zestlessness, and he did not even care to eat so much as he had, and when he found his appetite for food waning he was frightened lest he die too soon, and he said to himself that he must rid himself of...1932, Pearl S. Buck, chapter 15, in Sons, Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, published 1997, page 149

Origin of zestlessness

From zestless + -ness.

Questions about zestlessness

What does zestlessness mean?
Zestlessness means the state or condition of being zestless; lack of passion or enthusiasm.
What part of speech is zestlessness?
Zestlessness is a noun.

Words near zestlessness in the dictionary

  1. zestily
  2. zestiness
  3. zesting
  4. zestless
  5. zestlessly
  6. zestlessness
  7. zestos skipper
  8. zestos skippers
  9. zests
  10. zesty
  11. zeta

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