unlively
Adj
- Not lively.
Adjective
- Lacking vigor, spirit, or animation.
Examples
- An unlively game of Scrabble is often caused by players hoarding high-value tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From un- + lively.
Synonyms
Laodicean, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blasé, blitheless, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, cool, crestfallen, cut up, damp, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disgruntled, disheartened, dismal, dispassionate, doleful, dolesome, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, downsome, dull, elegiac, elegious, enervated, forlorn, gallionic, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieving, halfhearted, heartless, heartsick, heartsore, heavy-hearted, impassive, inconsolable, indifferent, ineffervescible, infelicitous, insensible, insouciant, jaded, jawfallen, joyless, lachrymose, lackadaisical, lamentful, languid, languorous, lethargic, listless, lotophagous, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, lukewarm, lumpish, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, morose, mournful, nonchalant, nonplussed, passionate, phlegmatic, plaintive, pococurante, querulous, sad, saddened, saturnine, shattered, shiftless, solemn, sombre, sorrow-ridden, sorrowful, sorrowsome, spiritless, sullen, supine, tepid, threnetic, threnetical, torpedinous, torpid, triste, tristful, unaroused, uncaring, uncheerful, uncheery, unconcerned, unconsolable, unenthusiastic, unhappy, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, untouched, unzealous, wistful, woe, woebegone, woeful, world-weary, wretched
Scrabble Score: 14
unlively: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunlively: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unlively: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary