Meanings
comparative more exanimate · superlative most exanimate
- Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLCSynonyms: dejected
present singular third person exanimates · participle present exanimating · participle past exanimated · past exanimated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSpiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
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Origin
- Latinexanimātus
- Englishexanimate
From Latin exanimātus, perfect passive participle of exanimō (see ex-, -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ex- + animō, from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безжизнен, вял
- безжизнен (bezžiznen)lifeless; dead
- вял (vjal)spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
- обезсърчен (obezsărčen)spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
Catalan exànime
- exànimelifeless; dead
Danish livløs, død
- livløslifeless; dead
- dødlifeless; dead
Dutch levenloos, levensloos
- levenlooslifeless; dead
- levenslooslifeless; dead
- doodlifeless; dead
- doodslifeless; dead
- ontzieldlifeless; dead
- lusteloosspiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
- matspiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
Finnish hengetön, eloton
- hengetönlifeless; dead
- elotonlifeless; dead
- hengetönspiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
French sans vie, mort
- sans vielifeless; dead
- mortlifeless; dead
- dépriméspiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
- découragéspiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
German leblos, tot
- lebloslifeless; dead
- totlifeless; dead
- entseeltlifeless; dead
- lustlosspiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
Italian morto, privo di vita
- mortolifeless; dead
- privo di vitalifeless; dead
- esanimespiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
- inanimatospiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
Korean 죽은
- 죽은 (jugeun)lifeless; dead
Norwegian Bokmål livløs, livlaus
- livløslifeless; dead
- livlauslifeless; dead
- dødlifeless; dead
Portuguese exânime, desanimado
- exânimelifeless; dead
- desanimadospiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
Russian бездыха́нный, мёртвый
- бездыха́нный (bezdyxánnyj)lifeless; dead
- мёртвый (mjórtvyj)lifeless; dead
- безжи́зненный (bezžíznennyj)spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
- вя́лый (vjályj)spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
- сла́бый (slábyj)spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
- ту́склый (túsklyj)spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively
Spanish exánime
- exánimelifeless; dead
Swedish livlös
- livlöslifeless; dead
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Cite this entry
exanimate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exanimate
“exanimate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exanimate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exanimate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exanimate.
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