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languorous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dreamy, lackadaisical, languid |
| Derivation | languor |
a hot languorous afternoon.
Examples of languorous
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This tremendous production builds slowly in a languorous yet gripping first half.
From the guardian.co.uk
The reception area was dark and harboured half a dozen languorous backpackers.
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Their hair is braided, their dresses are silk, and their attitudes languorous.
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Cox's plot seizes us, but it is his languorous prose that brings magic to the tale.
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Scramble down to an isolated cove for a gentle swim and a languorous picnic.
From the guardian.co.uk
You can hear the humor, the sarcasm, the romance, the languorous daydream.
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Our last morning was for languorous breakfasting and enjoying Barrier's epic beaches.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Our languorous eight-year-old has offered to drop ballet lessons so she can get more rest.
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Self-confident too, with an overlay of easy, almost languorous amusement.
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- Dreamy: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
- (languorously) in a languorous manner; "he was sprawling languorously on the sofa"
- (languor) a relaxed comfortable feeling
- (languor) a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- (languor) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
- 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 ...
- (languor) 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
- (Languor) Listlessness, inactivity.
