The droning synthesizers and muted percussion can feed a languid, dozy mood, or they can just seem self-indulgently boring, depending on the listener's mood and taste.
Source: tatoeba (8973357)
Languid
//ˈlæŋɡwɪd//
Synonyms for "languid" (500 found)
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Closest matches (100)
Adjective(54 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (150)
Adjective(70 words)
duskyeasygoingeffeteenfeebledexhaustedfagged outfaintfallowfatiguedfeebleflatflimsyforfairnforlagenforwornfragilefrailfriedfuckedfull
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fuscousgallionicgassedhalfheartedharmedhastelessheartlessheavy goingheavyeyedho-humhumdrumhurtidleimpairedimpassiveimpotentinactiveindifferentineffervescibleinertinfirminjuredinkyinsensibleinsipidinsouciantintensejiggeredkerry packeredknackedknackeredlackadaisicallacklusterlamelanguorouslaodiceanlatentleisurelylethargiclifelesslistlesslongsomelotophagouslowlukewarmmonotonousmopeymundanemutednadgered
easyeffeteenervatedenfeebledetiolatedexanimateexhaustedfaggedfaintingfaintishfalteringfatiguedfeeblefeeling faintflabbyflaccidflaggingflatfloppyfoot dragging
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foot-draggingfootsorefoulfrazzledgentlegonegood and tiredgradualgroggygutlesshalf asleephaltingheartlessheavyheavy with sleepheavy-eyedhebetudinoushobbledhobblinghopelessidleimbecileimpassiveimpotentin a stuporin abeyancein suspenseinactiveinanimateindifferentindolentinertinsouciantjadedlackadaisicallanguishinglaodiceanlatentlazyleadenleisurelylethargiclifelesslimberlimplimpinglogylumberinglumpishlustlessmarrowlessmoderatemoribundnappingnarcolepticnarcose
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (250)
narcotizednarcousnervelessnoddingnonchalantnumbnumbedolympianoscitantout of itpassivepeplessphlegmaticpithlessplucklesspokingpokypoopedpowerlessready to drop
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relaxedreluctantresignedrubberyrun downrun raggedrun-downsaggingsaplesssatedsaunteringsedatedsedentaryseedyshufflingsinewlessslacksleep-drownedsleep-drunksleep-filledsleep-swollensleepfulsleepingsleepyslothfulslowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedsluggishslumberingslumberousslumberysmolderingsnail-pacedsnaillikesnoozysoftsomnolentsoporificspinelessspiritlessspunklessstaggeringstagnantstagnatingstandingstaticstoicstrengthlessstretchystrollingstultifiedstupefiedstuporosestuporoussupinesuspendedsweartametardytentativetiredtired-wingedtoddlingtoilworntorpidtortoiseliketotteringtrudgingturtlelikeunarouseduncaringunconcernedunhardenedunhurrieduninterestedunnervedunrefreshedunrestoredunstrungvegetablevegetativewaddlingwanway-wearywaywornweakenedweaklyweariedwearifulweary-footedweary-ladenweary-wingedweary-wornwiltingwishy washywithdrawnworld-wearywornworn-downyawningyawny
Adjective(117 words)
no fun at partiesnonactivenonchalantnonplussedout of gaspedanticpedestrianphlegmaticplainplayed outploddingpococurantepoopedpooped outpowerlessprosaicprostrateprostratedprosypumped
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punyquiescentquietraddledremissresistlessrun-downsadsappedsaturatedsedentsedentaryshaggedshagged outshatteredshiftlessshotsilentsleepyslightsoftslowsnoozeworthysoftenedsombersombresoporificspentspiritlessstaticstodgystraightforwardstuffedstuffysubglacialsullensupinesusceptiblesuspendedswarthytedioustendertepidtiredtired outtoothlesstorpedinoustuckeredtuckered outunactiveunarousedunbusyuncaringunconcerneduncoolunemployedunenthusiasticunflappableunhastyunhecticunholidayunimpressibleuninteresteduninterestingunlivelyunmovedunoccupiedunresistantunrushedunspeedyuntouchedunzealousvanillavapidvinciblevulnerablewanwappenedwashed outwastedweakweakenedweaksaucewearifulwearyweedywhackedwhippedwhite breadwimpywoodenworld-wearywornworn outworn-outwreckedyieldingzonked
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3 entriesderived
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1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- безжизнен adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
- вял adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- отпуснат adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Catalan
1 entries- lànguid adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無精打采的 adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Finnish
1 entries- veltto adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
French
4 entries- apathique adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
- faiblard adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- faible adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- languide adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
German
2 entries- matt adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- träge adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Hindi
1 entries- आलसी adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Hungarian
2 entries- bágyadt adj (of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness — see also faint, listless)
- bágyadt adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Italian
2 entries- atono adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- languido adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Japanese
4 entries- のろい adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
- 弱々しい adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- 気だるい adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- 物憂い adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Latin
1 entries- languidus adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Macedonian
1 entries- малаксан adj (of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness — see also faint, listless)
Māori
2 entries- haumāruru adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- toupiore adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Norman
1 entries- langouotheux adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كوشك adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- مخمور adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Persian
3 entries- سست adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- فشل adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- وارفته adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Polish
3 entries- ociężały adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- ospały adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- słaby adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Portuguese
1 entries- lânguido adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Romanian
1 entries- lânced adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Russian
4 entries- апати́чный adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
- безжи́зненный adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
- вя́лый adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
- вя́лый adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- apàtičan adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
- bȅživotan adj (of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting)
- malàksao adj (of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness — see also faint, listless)
- mlȉtav adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Spanish
1 entries- lánguido adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кволий adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Uzbek
1 entries- suzuk adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
West-Frisian
1 entries- têd adj (of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
In the morning the whole commune seems abuzz with activity, but as the sun climbs, the energy falls, and a languid mood takes hold after the midday meal.
Source: tatoeba (8973364)
His wife was shrill, languid, handsome and horrible.
Source: tatoeba (9593515)
It's the village of languid people, who face down, who stomach up: what could it be?
Source: tatoeba (10077562)
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