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languor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lassitude, listlessness |
| Type of | apathy |
languor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flatness, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness |
| Type of | inertia, inactiveness, inactivity |
| Derivation | languorous |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dreaminess |
| Type of | relaxation, easiness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wind, current of air, air current |
the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor.
Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow.
Examples of languor
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A very sad indictment of our own languor and disinterest in our personal right.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Whatever languor Boone felt beforehand disappeared once the starting pistol fired.
From the washingtonpost.com
In wonder and languor, we drifted along, four rafts in the middle of nowhere.
From the newsobserver.com
Group attributes change with the alacrity of culture, not with the languor of genes.
From the theatlantic.com
Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth is better at hard-edged excitement than sensual languor.
From the guardian.co.uk
Aristocratic languor, critics thought, made him too diffident sometimes on the field.
From the economist.com
These forms are suited to his moods of languor and meandering, open-ended speculation.
From the nytimes.com
The old-fashioned languor of the Deep South lay over the deserted street like a blanket.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In just a handful of scenes, Caine presents a Mortwell of reptilian languor and ferocity.
From the theatlantic.com
- A relaxed comfortable feeling
- A feeling of lack of interest or energy
- Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
- (languorous) dreamy: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
- Fatigue (also called exhaustion, lethargy, languidness, languor, lassitude, and listlessness) is a state of awareness describing a range of afflictions, usually associated with physical and/or mental weakness, though varying from a general state of to a specific work-induced burning sensation ...
- A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude; listless indolence; dreaminess; dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation; An enfeebling disease; suffering
- Listlessness, inactivity.
