Antonyms for languor

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lang-ger

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gər

Definition of languor

Origin : c.1300, "disease, distress, mental suffering," from Old French langor "sickness, weakness" (Modern French langueur), from Latin languorem (nominative languor) "faintness, feebleness, lassitude," from languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Sense shifted to "faintness, weariness" (1650s) and "habitual want of energy" (1825).

noun lethargy

Example sentences :

Outside the door of the anaesthetizing-room Miss Harrison's languor vanished.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Under her mask of languor, Carlotta's heart was beating wildly.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Moderation is the languor and sloth of the soul, Ambition its activity and heat.
Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

"I think I will go in," says Charlotte, with a pretence of languor.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

No languor, no dull headache, no exhaustion, follows your experience.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

From the eighth month she fell into a fever, into exhaustion and languor.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan

But languor at last overcame her, and she fell into gentle slumber.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Frank Dalton was awake, but in all the languor of great debility.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

On waking in the morning we all p. 263experienced languor and lassitude.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

Who is he that would not, under such circumstances, sink into languor?
Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor » by Stephen Cullen Carpenter

Synonyms for languor

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