| 单词 | languid eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslanguid eye a. Of a person, a person's character, actions, emotions, etc.: not easily inspired to emotion, exhibiting only faint interest or concern; spiritless, indifferent, apathetic. Frequently in languid eye. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility unfeelingc1000 mis-feelinga1382 stonishc1450 unpainfulc1450 obtuse1509 sprightlessa1522 insensate1553 senseless1560 soulless1568 dull-esprited1591 impassible1592 bluntie1598 impenetrable1600 stockish1600 stolidc1600 incapable1601 stupid1605 tasteless1605 unsensitive1610 unexalted1611 insensible1617 unsensible1619 languid1622 immovable1639 dead-hearted1642 sterile1642 resupine1643 unaffectionate1645 iron-bound1648 resentlessa1649 torpid1656 torpulent1657 impassive1699 unreceptive1722 hebete1743 apathetic1744 stubbed1744 gustless1766 unresponsive1768 unsusceptible1779 tideless-blooded1786 unaffectioned1788 inaccessible1796 hebetudinous1820 unimpressible1828 insensitive1834 apathetical1835 non-sensitive1836 blunt-hearted1845 irreceptive1846 unreceptant1846 unimpressionable1847 anaesthetic1860 insentient1860 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 unsqueamish1893 tone-deaf1894 unget-at-able1897 facty1901 zombie1937 pegamoid1957 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things) thin?c1225 wateryc1230 feeble1393 wash1548 waterish1549 fadea1554 limping1577 dilute1605 lank1607 languid1622 water gruel1630 invalid1635 sinewless1644 exsanguine1647 flaccid1647 diluted1681 wishy-washy1693 tiffany1694 foible1715 rickety1738 faintly1771 unrobust1775 pale1820 peely-wally1832 muscleless1841 weakling1848 weedy?1858 feeblose1882 papery1924 1622 S. Ward All in All 18 Some faint and languide wishes, oh that Christ were mine. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xv. clxxix. 287 With secret Checks her languid Soule she chid Which with such violence never yet did flame. 1685 J. Tutchin Poems 118 To see this Man, with folded Arms, and languid Eyes, Look like a Changeling, talk of nought but Love. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. v I'll hasten to my troops, And fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 1 Apr. 1/1 [Death] which, by reason of its seeming distance, makes but languid Impressions upon the Mind. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 46 With mincing step, small voice, and languid eye. 1751 Butler Charge Clergy Durham in Wks. (1874) II. 331 Without somewhat of this nature, piety will grow languid even among the better sort of men. 1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 41 I never heard a more languid debate in this House. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 27 Madame gazed with concern upon her languid countenance. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. iii. 15 Too lazy or too languid where only his own interests were at stake. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 177 In him dislike was a languid feeling. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. 570 A war of which the theatre was so distant..excited only a languid interest in London. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 90 An appeal which might have moved the most languid and effeminate natures to heroic exertion. 1870 J. S. Howson Metaphors St. Paul iv. 153 What a contrast this is to our dull and languid Christianity! 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 18/2 Billy, the insouciant! Billy the languid, the hater of scenes. 1975 E. Dunlop Robinsheugh xiv. 115 She passed a languid, indifferent eye over her daughter. 1996 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 12 Oct. b3 The Penguins' languid, non-start is discomfiting because of their all too familiar que sera sera approach. < as lemmas |
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