Lassitude
['læsɪtjuːd] or ['læsə'tʊd]
Definition
(n.) A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, prostration, languor, languidness, ENNUI.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See LANGUOR]
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Definition
n. faintness: weakness: weariness: languor.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Slightly weaker.
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Examples
- Despite that pernicious assumption of lassitude and indifference, which had become his second nature, he was strongly attached to his friend. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So she went on, the air around her pulsating silently, and oppressing the earth with lassitude. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He had no particular design or plan before him: no energetic wickedness ruffled his lassitude. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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