Languor

Word LANGUOR
Character 7
Hyphenation lan guor
Pronunciations /ˈlæŋɡə/

Definitions and meanings of "Languor"

What do we mean by languor?

Lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness: synonym: lethargy. noun

A dreamy, lazy, or sensual quality, as of expression. noun

Oppressive stillness, especially of the air. noun

Faintness or feebleness of body; oppression from fatigue, disease, trouble, or other cause; languidness; dullness; heaviness. noun

Sickness; illness; suffering; sorrow. noun

Inertness in general; sluggishness; listlessness; lassitude; oppressive or soothing quietude; sleepy content. noun

In vegetable pathol., a condition of plants in which, from unwholesome nourishment, bad drainage, ungenial subsoil, or other bad conditions, they fall into a state of premature decrepitude. noun

A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity. noun

Any enfeebling disease. noun

Listless indolence; dreaminess. noun

A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude noun

Listless indolence; dreaminess noun

Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation noun

An enfeebling disease; suffering noun

A relaxed comfortable feeling noun

A feeling of lack of interest or energy noun

Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy noun

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

Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; an instance of this.

Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation.

Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; an instance of this.

Heavy humidity and stillness of the air.

Sorrow; suffering; also, enfeebling disease or illness; an instance of this.

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The word "languor" in example sentences

The whole of the dramatic music of the eighteenth century must naturally have appeared cold and languid to men whose minds were profoundly moved with troubles and wars; and even at the present day the word languor best expresses that which no longer touches us in the operas of the last century, without even excepting those of Mozart himself. ❋ Ferris, George T (1878)

Such19 transitions often excite mirth, or other sudden or tumultuous passions; but not that sinking, that melting, that languor, which is the characteristical effect of the beautiful as it regards every sense. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Original sin is accordingly called the languor of nature. ❋ Unknown (1954)

Such transitions2 often excite mirth, or other sudden and tumultuous passions; but not that sinking, that melting, that languor, which is the characteristical effect of the beautiful as it regards every sense. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Incapable of finding any satisfaction in mercenary intrigues, they succumb to an indefinable sort of languor, which is called home-sickness, though, in reality, love with them is indissolubly associated with their native village, with its steeple and vesper bells, and with the familiar scenes of home. ❋ Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 (1897)

Her eyes, as she raises them, have the hazy, dreamy languor, which is so characteristic of the mixed races. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Such [28] transitions often excite mirth, or other sudden or tumultuous passions; but not that sinking, that melting, that languor, which is the characteristical effect of the beautiful as it regards every sense. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

But his long face had nothing of that languor which is associated with long cuffs and manicuring in the caricatures of our own country. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. ❋ James De Mille (N/A)

Her magnificent golden tresses were braided to perfection, she was robed in that azure blue which so well becomes a blonde—a piece of coquetry she had learned from Colombe—and her eyes were swimming in that dewy languor which is still more becoming. ❋ Unknown (1917)

She experienced the gentle languor which is its best effect, instead of the fierce unrest and irritation which is its worst. ❋ Unknown (1901)

Lily was feeling the pleasant languor which is youth's penalty for dancing till dawn; but her mother, in spite of a few lines about the mouth, and under the yellow waves on her temples, was as alert, determined and high in colour as if she had risen from an untroubled sleep. ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

The consequences of the strength of the political spirit are not all direct, nor does its strength by any means spring solely from its indulgence to the less respectable elements of character, such as languor, extreme pliableness, superficiality. ❋ John Morley (1880)

Then came, in a day of absolute idleness, while the showers came and went, and the mountains appeared and disappeared in sun and storm, that perfect physical enjoyment which consists in a feeling of strength without any inclination to use it, and in a delicious languor which is too enjoyable to be surrendered to sleep. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Haldane's unusually healthful and vigorous constitution had thus far resisted the infection, but after returning from the sad duty of laying little Bertha's remains by those of her father, he felt the peculiar languor which is so often the precursor of the chill and subsequent fever. ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)

He sat in a kind of languor, carrying on within himself a thread of thought, to which his external occupation gave no clue; yet at the same time suffering no indication to escape him of the real condition of his mind. ❋ Unknown (1862)

He stood idly, in a kind of languor, looking on while the Curate performed the duties of his office -- feeling like a man whom sickness had reduced to the last stage of life, and for whom no earthly business remained; while, at the same time, his aspect struck awe, as that of a bishop at the least, to the imagination of Prickett's Lane. ❋ Unknown (1862)

Else languor comes on; languor which is the beginning of death: and pray remember that iron, which so often causes death, is equally useful for keeping it at bay. ❋ Jean Mac�� (1854)

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