Synonyms for lassitude
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Noun
1. Languor — lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness
languor, listlessness, lethargy, ennui, apathy, weariness, sluggishness, fatigue, exhaustion, debility, weakness, inertia, slackness, prostration, enervation, languidness, inanition, torpor
Definitions
- n. 1
Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness
Forms
- Plural
- lassitudes → languors, listlessnesses, lethargies, ennuis…
Example sentences
- lethargy Lethargy is a common symptom of that disease.
- ennui A great black night wrapped the city in an oppressively comforting ennui.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lassitude | steady | |
| lethargy | rising | |
| ennui | rising | |
| languor | rising | |
| listlessness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- ennui3
- 6 letters
- apathy3, torpor2
- 7 letters
- fatigue2, inertia3, languor
- 8 letters
- weakness2, lethargy3, debility4
- 9 letters
- weariness3, slackness2, inanition
- 10 letters
- exhaustion3, enervation
- 11 letters
- prostration3, languidness
- 12 letters
- sluggishness3, listlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ennui3 = 3 syllables).