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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;
- Example: "play it cool"
- Example: "keep cool"
- Example: "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"
- Example: "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
[syn: cool, coolheaded, nerveless]

2. lacking strength;
- Example: "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
[syn: feeble, nerveless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

nerveless \nerve"less\ (n[~e]rv"l[e^]s), a.
   1. Destitute of nerves.
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   2. Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak;
      powerless.
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            A kingless people for a nerveless state. --Byron.
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            Awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nerveless
    adj 1: marked by calm self-control (especially in trying
           circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool";
           "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless
           winner in the history of the tournament" [syn: cool,
           coolheaded, nerveless]
    2: lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy
       and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: feeble,
       nerveless]