languid
lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.
drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint.
Origin of languid
1Other words for languid
1 | inactive, inert, sluggish, torpid |
2 | spiritless |
3 | weak, feeble, weary, exhausted, debilitated |
Opposites for languid
Other words from languid
- lan·guid·ly, adverb
- lan·guid·ness, noun
- un·lan·guid, adjective
- un·lan·guid·ness, noun
Words Nearby languid
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How to use languid in a sentence
Over time, we learn about the epic heartbreak that made Spike the languid drifter he is.
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It steeps its songs in traditional Ukrainian folk music but spices them with ingredients from around the world, such as raga drones from India, metrical drumming from Japan, and languid blues from America.
All night long they struggle; nobody knows the name of the harsh light that keeps slowly opening like a languid fruit.
In or out of uniform his motion is languid, his voice relaxed and mellifluous, his movements deliberate, confident.
Just a few days ago, India was in a relaxed, almost languid, state of mind.
Al Qaeda’s Desperation Could Be India’s Nightmare | Tunku Varadarajan | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was more finely bred than any American she had met, with his bone-china accent, willowy height and languid wit.
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Maria Theresa held it in her hand, and looked on it a few seconds with a languid smile.
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The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeOnly time, he said to Mrs. Ashton—she would be all right in time; the summer heat was making her languid.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodThe votaries of fashion and gayety are they to whom existence grows languid and life a burden.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottShe raised her languid eyes to her child, but her palsied tongue could speak no word of tenderness.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for languid
/ (ˈlæŋɡwɪd) /
without energy or spirit
without interest or enthusiasm
sluggish; inactive
Origin of languid
1Derived forms of languid
- languidly, adverb
- languidness, noun
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