languidness

  • 71leadenness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity: dullness, hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, stupor, torpidity, torpor. See ACTION …

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  • 72torpidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity: dullness, hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, leadenness, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, stupor, torpor. See ACTION …

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  • 73languid — (adj.) 1590s, from M.Fr. languide (16c.) and directly from L. languidus faint, listless, from languere be weak or faint, from PIE root * (s)leg to be slack (see LAX (Cf. lax)). Related: Languidly; languidness …

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  • 74hebetude — n. limpness, languidness, dullness …

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  • 75languid — adjective 1》 having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion. 2》 weak or faint from illness or fatigue. Derivatives languidly adverb languidness noun Origin C16: from Fr. languide or L. languidus, from languere (see languish) …

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  • 76languor — n. 1. Feebleness, debility, languidness, faintness, languishment. 2. Dulness, torpidness, listlessness, heartlessness, heaviness, ennui …

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  • 77lassitude — n. Weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, prostration, languor, languidness …

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  • 78weariness — n. Fatigue, lassitude, exhaustion, prostration, languor, languidness …

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  • 79sleepiness — noun did you tell the doctor about your chronic sleepiness? Syn: drowsiness, tiredness, somnolence, languor, languidness, doziness; lethargy, sluggishness, lassitude, enervation …

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  • 80amusement — diversion, entertainment, recreation (see under AMUSE vb) Analogous words: engrossment, absorption (see corresponding verbs at MONOPOLIZE): play, sport, *fun, jest: disporting, frolicking, rollicking, romping (see PLAY vb): jollity, *mirth… …

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