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What is "languid" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does languid mean in English? Meaning of languid definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "languid" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "languid": lacking spirit or liveliness

Adjective

  • Meaning: lacking spirit or liveliness
  • Example: a lackadaisical attempt a languid mood a languid wave of the hand a hot languorous afternoon
  • Synonyms: dreamy lackadaisical languid languorous
  • Similar: lethargic unenrgetic
  • Adjective: Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping or flagging from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy; indisposed to exertion; sluggish; relaxed: as, languid movements; languid breathing. Jonathan Swift — As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. Jane Austen — I was languid and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.Jonathan Swift — As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.Jane Austen — I was languid and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic.

    • Synonyms:

    lazy, languorous, unhurried, leisurely, laid-back, lackadaisical, sluggish, lethargic, apathetic, blah, comatose, dopey, easy, enervated, faint, feeble, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, languishing, leaden, limp, phlegmatic, sickly, slow, spiritless, supine, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, uninterested, weak, weary, moony, nebbish, blahs, energyless, pining, sleepyhead, snoozy, wimpy,

    Antonyms:

    energetic, lively, hurried, alert, animated, spirited, vivacious, active, hard-working,

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