lackluster

lackluster
Synonyms and related words:
absence of color, achromatic, achromaticity, achromatism, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, betwixt and between, bled white, blind, bloodless, cadaverous, chloranemic, colorless, colorlessness, dead, deadened, deadly pale, deathly pale, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, drab, dull, dullness, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, faded, faint, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fairishness, fallow, flat, ghastly, gray, haggard, hueless, huelessness, hypochromic, indifference, indifferent, insipid, leaden, lifeless, livid, lurid, lusterless, mat, mealy, mediocre, mediocreness, mediocrity, medium, middling, middlingness, moderate, moderateness, modest, modestness, modesty, muddy, muted, namby-pamby, neutral, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, passable, passableness, pasty, prosaic, prosy, respectability, respectable, rusty, sallow, sickly, so-so, somber, tallow-faced, tarnished, tedious, tediousness, tolerable, tolerableness, toneless, tonelessness, uncolored, vapid, wan, washed-out, waxen, weak, whey-faced, white, wishy-washy

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  • Lackluster — Lack lus ter, Lacklustre Lack lus tre a. 1. Wanting luster or brightness. Lackluster eye. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Lacking spirit, liveliness, or enthusiasm; dull. [PJC] 3. Mediocre; as, a lackluster performance. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lackluster Me — Álbum de Savoy Publicación 6 de octubre de 1997 Género(s) Pop Rock Discográfica EMI Norsk …   Wikipedia Español

  • lackluster — [lak′lus΄tər] adj. 1. lacking brightness; dull [lackluster eyes] 2. lacking energy or vitality; boring, unimaginative, etc. [a lackluster performance] n. Rare absence of brightness; dullness: Also Chiefly Brit. lacklustre …   English World dictionary

  • Lackluster — Lack lus ter, Lacklustre Lack lus tre, n. A lack of luster. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lackluster — index inexpressive, lifeless (dull) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lackluster — (adj.) also lack luster, c.1600, first attested in As You Like It, from LACK (Cf. lack) + LUSTER (Cf. luster). Combinations with lack were frequent in 16c., e.g. lackland (1590s), of a landless man; lack Latin (1530s), of an ignorant priest …   Etymology dictionary

  • lackluster — [adj] dull, lifeless blah*, blind, boring, colorless, dark, dead, dim, drab, draggy*, dry, flat*, ho hum*, laid back*, leaden, lusterless, matte, muted, nothing*, obscure, pabulum*, prosaic, sombre, unimaginative, uninspired, vanilla*, vapid,… …   New thesaurus

  • Lackluster — Infobox musical artist Name = Lackluster Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = Esa Juhani Ruoho Alias = Lackluster, Esa Ruoho, XLLV, Can o Lard Born = 26.10.1978 Origin = Helsinki, Finland Instrument = Computer, Laptop, Synthesizer …   Wikipedia

  • Lackluster Me — Infobox Album | Name = Lackluster Me Type = Album Artist = Savoy Released = October 6 1997 Recorded = 1997 Genre = Rock Length = 52.00 Label = EMI Norway Producer = Lauren Paul Waaktaar Savoy Reviews = Last album = Mary is Coming (1996) This… …   Wikipedia

  • lackluster — /lak lus teuhr/, adj. 1. lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes. 2. lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm: a lackluster performance. n. 3. a lack of brilliance or vitality. Also, esp. Brit., lacklustre. [1590 1600;… …   Universalium

  • lackluster — lack•lus•ter [[t]ˈlækˌlʌs tər[/t]] adj. 1) lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes[/ex] 2) lacking liveliness or vitality: a lackluster performance[/ex] 3) a lack of brilliance or vitality Also, esp. brit. lack′lus tre. Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

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