adjective
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characterized by or producing languor
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another word for languid
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Etymology
Origin of languorous
Explanation
To be languorous is to be dreamy, lackadaisical, and languid. When someone is languorous, she’s lying around, daydreaming, possibly fanning herself lazily. It’s a little self-indulgent. Languorous refers to a certain kind of mood everyone gets in sometimes — when you'd rather lie around thinking than doing work or having fun. When you're languorous, you're tired and maybe a little depressed. Things can be languorous, too — like a hot, languorous summer afternoon or a languorous song that’s slow and mournful. If you've ever lounged in bed for an hour after you were supposed to get up, you’re familiar with feeling languorous.
Vocabulary lists containing languorous
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Example Sentences
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Mr. Miller, a writer of great narrative authority, specializes in historical thrillers that move at a languorous pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
And smash the pitch clock — this fan wants to keep the game languorous and unexpected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
His languorous voice can tend towards the melancholy, but the lyrics are full of hope.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Also, Vanya is hopelessly in love with the old man’s exquisitely languorous young wife, who, reasonably enough, finds the moper pathetic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
With a gentle forefinger he stroked the throat and chest until the horny-toad relaxed, until its eyes closed and it lay languorous and asleep.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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