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单词 languor
释义

languor

noun

lan·​guor ˈlaŋ-gər How to pronounce languor (audio)
 also  -ər
1
: weakness or weariness of body or mind
the languor of convalescence
2
: listless indolence or inertia
languor brought on by a hot summer afternoon

Synonyms

  • hebetude
  • lassitude
  • lethargy
  • listlessness
  • stupor
  • torpor
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Example Sentences

They enjoyed the languor brought on by a hot summer afternoon. They felt an indefinable languor.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French langur, from Latin languor, from languēre

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

languor

noun

1
as in boredom
physical or mental inertness the beach was packed with sunbathers wallowing in the languor brought on by a scorching summer day

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • boredom
  • lethargy
  • stupor
  • lassitude
  • torpor
  • indifference
  • fatigue
  • listlessness
  • laziness
  • sleepiness
  • malaise
  • hebetude
  • narcosis
  • inaction
  • idleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • vigor
  • vitality
  • vivacity
  • enthusiasm
  • eagerness
  • vim
  • ambition
  • enterprise
  • spiritedness
  • keenness
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2
as in weakness
the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor the tropical heat sapped our strength, leaving us in a state of unaccustomed languor

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • weakness
  • exhaustion
  • fatigue
  • enervation
  • debility
  • feebleness
  • faintness
  • languidness
  • listlessness
  • asthenia
  • infirmity
  • lowness
  • enfeeblement
  • debilitation
  • fragility
  • frailty
  • impairment
  • decay
  • injury
  • tenderness
  • lassitude
  • frailness
  • disablement
  • weariness
  • decrepitude
  • wimpiness
  • delicacy
  • prostration
  • helplessness
  • breakdown
  • impotence
  • softness
  • damage
  • powerlessness
  • invalidism
  • collapse
  • impuissance
  • incapacitation
  • defenselessness
  • harm
  • hurt
  • effeteness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • vigor
  • strength
  • vitality
  • hardihood
  • hardiness
  • energy
  • robustness
  • huskiness
  • virility
  • muscularity
  • lustiness
  • fitness
  • hardness
  • health
  • stoutness
  • ruggedness
  • toughness
  • sturdiness
  • brawniness
  • wellness
  • soundness
  • heftiness
  • healthiness
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Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of languor are lassitude, lethargy, stupor, and torpor. While all these words mean "physical or mental inertness," languor suggests inertia induced by an enervating climate or illness or love.

languor induced by a tropical vacation

While the synonyms lassitude and languor are close in meaning, lassitude stresses listlessness or indifference resulting from fatigue or poor health.

a depression marked by lassitude

The meanings of lethargy and languor largely overlap; however, lethargy implies such drowsiness or aversion to activity as is induced by disease, injury, or drugs.

months of lethargy followed my accident

The synonyms stupor and languor are sometimes interchangeable, but stupor implies a deadening of the mind and senses by shock, narcotics, or intoxicants.

lapsed into an alcoholic stupor

While in some cases nearly identical to languor, torpor implies a state of suspended animation as of hibernating animals but may suggest merely extreme sluggishness.

a once alert mind now in a torpor
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