Languorous

//ˈlæŋɡərəs// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.

    "The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking spirit or liveliness wordnet

Synonyms

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lethargicabeyantadiaphroisticamblinganemicapathetic

Example

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"What portents of pleasure I fancy / Return with these bright sunny rays! / What visions of lazing I can see, / Of languorous, sweet Summer days; / Of yachting and sea-side diversions, / And getting as brown as a bun: / Of rambles and Alpine excursions— / For here is the Sun!"

Etymology

From Middle French langoreux.

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