Synonyms for lassitude
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : las-i-tood, -tyood |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud |
Top 10 synonyms for lassitude Other synonyms for the word lassitude
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for lassitude
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