Synonyms for languor
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Noun
1. Lassitude — dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation
lassitude, listlessness, weariness, ennui, lethargy, dullness, sluggishness, feebleness, exhaustion, fatigue, apathy, debility, weakness, phlegm, flatness, atony, languidness, torpidness, enervation
Other
torpor, heaviness, faintness, goneness, languishment, dreaminess
Definitions
- n. 1
Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation.
Related words
- Word family
- languid languidness languish languishing languishment languorous
- Other spellings
- languour
Forms
- Plural
- languors → lassitudes, listlessnesses, wearinesses, ennuis…
Example sentences
- weariness Tom was suddenly overcome by a great weariness.
- ennui A great black night wrapped the city in an oppressively comforting ennui.
- lassitude We can't abandon our principles out of moral lassitude.
- heaviness Hand in hand, heaviness becomes lightness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| languor | rising | |
| weariness | rising | |
| ennui | rising | |
| lassitude | steady | |
| listlessness | steady | |
| heaviness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- ennui3, atony
- 6 letters
- apathy3, phlegm1, torpor2
- 7 letters
- fatigue2
- 8 letters
- weakness2, lethargy3, dullness2, flatness2, debility4, goneness
- 9 letters
- weariness3, heaviness, faintness2, lassitude
- 10 letters
- exhaustion3, feebleness, dreaminess, enervation, torpidness
- 11 letters
- languidness
- 12 letters
- sluggishness3, listlessness, languishment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ennui3 = 3 syllables).