Synonyms for inanition
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-uh-nish-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn əˈnɪʃ ən |
Top 10 synonyms for inanition Other synonyms for the word inanition
- chasm
- coma
- depletedness
- desertedness
- desolation
- destitution
- disregard
- dullness
- exhaustion
- gap
- hebetude
- heedlessness
- hollowness
- idleness
- impassivity
- inaction
- inanition
- inanity
- indifference
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- insouciance
- languidness
- languor
- lassitude
- leadenness
- listlessness
- need
- passiven
- passiveness
- phlegm
- sleep
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slowness
- sluggishness
- slumber
- stupor
- supineness
- torpidity
- torpidness
- torpor
- unconcern
- unmindfulness
- vacancy
- vaccum
- vacuity
- vacuousness
- vacuum
- void
- want
- waste
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for inanition
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