Antonyms for inanition

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-uh-nish-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn əˈnɪʃ ən

Definition of inanition

Origin : c.1400, from Old French inanition, from Latin inanitionem (nominative inanitio) "emptiness," noun of action from past participle stem of inanire "to empty," from inanis "empty, void, worthless, useless," of uncertain origin.

As in lethargy : noun laziness, sluggishness
As in starvation : noun hunger
As in hebetude : noun lethargy
As in hollowness : noun emptiness
As in languidness : noun lethargy
As in leadenness : noun lethargy
As in torpidity : noun lethargy
As in vacuousness : noun emptiness
As in emptiness : noun void, bareness

Example sentences :

And men may be over-disciplined, so that their impulses die away from inanition.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

To be starved to death is "to sink from inanition into nonentity."
Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

That a state of inanition exists in Miss Fancher is not to be doubted.
Extract from : « Fasting Girls » by William Alexander Hammond

Frequently the engine stopped as if from sheer fatigue or inanition.
Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 4 » by John McElroy

Marjorie was awakened from her trance of inanition by the porter's voice.
Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes

And the days pass, and she grows weak from inanition, but refuses all food.
Extract from : « Red as a Rose is She » by Rhoda Broughton

The present government, my dear George, will expire from inanition.
Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli

I tell him he's foolish to pay any attention to it; just let it die of inanition.
Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous

And we couldn't even leave the infernal things to die of inanition.
Extract from : « Aliens » by William McFee

In 1833 it declined from a weekly to a monthly, and in 1834 it died of inanition.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 » by Various

Synonyms for inanition

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