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Languor Common

Languor has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a relaxed comfortable feeling

2

oppressively still air

"the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor"

"Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow"

3

a feeling of lack of interest or energy

4

inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

"the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"

5

A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.

Verb
1

To languish.

Example Sentences
"the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor" noun
"Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow" noun
"the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
easiness wind apathy inactiveness
Rhyming Words
fluor owuor cruor liquor sestuor tin liquor calcofluor antiliquor pot liquor gas liquor red liquor call liquor well liquor hard liquor iron liquor corn liquor free liquor malt liquor drink liquor white liquor
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