Definitions for nerveless

nerveless nerve·less

Spelling: [nurv-lis]
IPA: /ˈnɜrv lɪs/

Nerveless is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in nerveless (eeelnrssv).

Definitions for nerveless

adjective

  1. without nervousness, as in emergencies; calm; collected.
  2. lacking strength or vigor; feeble; weak.
  3. lacking firmness or courage; spiritless; cowardly.
  4. Anatomy, Botany. having no nerves.

Origin of nerveless

First recorded in 1725-35; nerve + -less

Examples for nerveless

To all outward seeming, nerveless, emotionless, an abject creature.

If we are idle and shiftless by choice, we shall be nerveless and powerless by necessity.

The reaction from his long-sustained rage had left him dazed and nerveless.

His nerveless cowardice had all at once become unbelievable to himself.

The third glume is hyaline, thin, oblong, obtuse and nerveless.

He took the ticket and the clipping from Pinny's nerveless fingers and compared them.

The newspaper lay on the floor, where it had fallen from her white, nerveless fingers.

The second glume is membranous, 1- to 5-nerved or nerveless.

Pachmann, white with pain, was nursing a numbed and nerveless hand.

He dropped the nozzle from his nerveless hands—and such hands, too!

Word Value for nerveless
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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