I like the word "indolence". It makes my laziness seem classy.
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Indolence
//ˈɪndəl(ə)ns//
Synonyms for "indolence" (117 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
listlessnesslotus-eatingmeditationmere existencemere tropismneutralismneutralityneutralnessnoninvolvementnonparticipationnonresistancenonviolencenonviolent resistanceoscitancypacifismparalysispassive resistancepassive self-annihilationpassivenesspassivism
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95 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- νωθρεία noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- ῥᾳστώνη noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Arabic
1 entries- بُطْء noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܛܝܠܘܬܐ noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bekarçılıq noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Bashkir
1 entries- ялҡаулыҡ noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Bengali
1 entries- অকরণ noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ленивост noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- мързел noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Cebuano
1 entries- tapól noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Danish
3 entries- indolens noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- ligegyldighed noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- sløvhed noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Dutch
4 entries- loomheid noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- slapheid noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- sloomheid noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- traagheid noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Finnish
3 entries- indolenssi noun (lack of pain in a tumour)
- kivuttomuus noun (lack of pain in a tumour)
- laiskuus noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
French
2 entries- indolence noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- oisiveté noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Galician
4 entries- doca noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- galbana noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- indolencia noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- nugalla noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Georgian
1 entries- სიზარმაცე noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
German
4 entries- Indolenz noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- Indolenz noun (lack of pain in a tumour)
- Müßiggang noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- Trägheit noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Greek
3 entries- απραγμοσύνη noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- νωθρότητα noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- ραθυμία noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Hindi
2 entries- अकर्मण्यता noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- सुस्ती noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Irish
1 entries- sácráilteacht noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Italian
4 entries- ignavia noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- indolenza noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- malvolere noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- neghienza noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Japanese
1 entries- 惰気 noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Latin
4 entries- dēsidia noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- frīgus noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- ignāvia noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- inertia noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Macedonian
2 entries- де́нгуба noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- мр́зливост noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Manx
1 entries- neuvree noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Marathi
1 entries- सुस्ती noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Māori
1 entries- rare noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Old French
1 entries- accide noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- تنبللك noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- كسل noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- هایلازلق noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Polish
2 entries- gnuśność noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- opieszałość noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Portuguese
1 entries- indolência noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Romanian
3 entries- indolență noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- lene noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- moliciune noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Russian
2 entries- ле́ность noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- пра́здность noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leisg noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- indolèncija noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- indolèntnōst noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- lenjost noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- lijénōst noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Spanish
1 entries- indolencia noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Swedish
3 entries- indolens noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- lojhet noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
- slöhet noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabatuganan noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Tamil
1 entries- அசமந்தம் noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Telugu
1 entries- అలసత noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ālasäññe noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Urdu
1 entries- سُسْتِی noun (habitual laziness or sloth)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
She stood looming down at him, attacking him for indolence and irreverence, blasphemy and ignorance, while waving her umbrella.
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Your religion promotes indolence.
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Our problem is not ignorance, but indolence.
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