languorous

  • 21languor —  , languorous …

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  • 22languid — languid, languishing, languorous, lackadaisical, listless, spiritless, enervated are comparable when they mean lacking in vim or energy or, when applied to things, the appearance of it. Languid usually implies an unwillingness or an inability to… …

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  • 23languid — adjective Etymology: Middle French languide, from Latin languidus, from languēre to languish more at slack Date: 1597 1. drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion ; weak 2. sluggish in character or disposition ; listless 3. lacking force …

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  • 24lackadaisical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. languid, listless, casual. See neglect.Ant., careful, intense. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. idle, inattentive, lazy; see dull 6 , listless 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. listless, languid,… …

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  • 25languid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weak, feeble, weary; listless, spiritless, apathetic. See insensibility, weariness. Ant., energetic. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Weak] Syn. feeble, weary, infirm; see weak 1 , 3 . 2. [Dull] Syn.… …

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  • 26listless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indifferent, languid, spiritless, apathetic, lethargic. See inactivity.Ant., energetic, lively. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking spirit or deSire] Syn. dull, stupid, spiritless, inattentive,… …

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  • 27languid — adjective 1) a languid wave of the hand Syn: relaxed, unhurried, languorous, slow; listless, lethargic, sluggish, lazy, idle, indolent, apathetic; informal laid back Ant: energetic 2) …

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  • 28languorously — adverb in a languorous manner he was sprawling languorously on the sofa • Derived from adjective: ↑languorous …

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  • 29languorously — adverb see languorous …

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