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LILT Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word lilt. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For LILT

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cumbersome
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

• not elegant or graceful in expression

dragging
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

dull
adjectiveadj
adjective

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

adjective satellite

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

verb

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

flat
adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
adjective

• lacking contrast or shading between tones

• (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

noun

• a level tract of land

• a shallow box in which seedlings are started

• a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

• freight car without permanent sides or roof

• a deflated pneumatic tire

• scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

adverb

• with flat sails

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

adjective satellite

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

• not modified or restricted by reservations

• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

• lacking taste or flavor or tang

• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

• having lost effervescence

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• horizontally level

• lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

• not reflecting light; not glossy

• commercially inactive

heavy
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of comparatively great physical weight or density

• unusually great in degree or quantity or number

• of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment

• marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

• of great intensity or power or force

• (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

noun

• an actor who plays villainous roles

• a serious (or tragic) role in a play

adverb

• slowly as if burdened by much weight

adjective satellite

• usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

• (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

• darkened by clouds

• (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• of relatively large extent and density

• made of fabric having considerable thickness

• prodigious

• full and loud and deep

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• slow and laborious because of weight

• large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

• dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

• sharply inclined

• full of; bearing great weight

• requiring or showing effort

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• lacking lightness or liveliness

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• in an advanced stage of pregnancy

laborious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

leaden
adjectiveadj
adjective

• made of lead

adjective satellite

• darkened with overcast

• made heavy or weighted down with weariness

• (of movement) slow and laborious

• lacking lightness or liveliness

lumbering
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber

adjective satellite

• slow and laborious because of weight

plodding
adjectiveadj
noun

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

adjective satellite

• (of movement) slow and laborious

ponderous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• slow and laborious because of weight

• having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

• labored and dull

sluggish
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• slow or slothful

• (of business) not active or brisk

• slow and apathetic

Alternatives for CUMBERSOME

Alternatives for DRAGGING

Alternatives for DULL

Alternatives for FLAT

Alternatives for HEAVY

Alternatives for LABORIOUS

Alternatives for LEADEN

Alternatives for LUMBERING

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