Antonyms for lassitude

Grammar : Noun

Spell : las-i-tood, -tyood

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

Definition of lassitude

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French lassitude (14c.), from Latin lassitudinem (nominative lassitudo) "faintness, weariness," from lassus "faint, tired, weary," from PIE *led- "slow, weary" (cf. Old English læt "sluggish, slow;" see late (adj.)), from root *le- "to let go, slacken" (see lenient).

noun lethargy

Example sentences :

I seized a moment of lassitude, gave every man a trumpet, and gained the day with this handful.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

But the gathering grew sad, benumbed, as it were, with lassitude.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Up to the moment of that discovery, all was lassitude and indifference.
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

But all the blue forces were broken, disorganized; there came an exhaustion, a lassitude.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

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

Lassitude lived in his eyes, his long thin fingers trembled.
Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

He lay back and let the lassitude enclose him, not fighting it.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

It was long since she had felt oppressed by such a sense of lassitude and melancholy.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

Yet there was no sign about the boy of the lassitude of repletion.
Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham

Added to all this, he was suffering from headache and lassitude.
Extract from : « St. Winifred's » by Frederic W. Farrar

Synonyms for lassitude

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