languor | Definition of languor

Synonyms and Antonyms of languor

1 physical or mental inertness

the beach was packed with sunbathers wallowing in the languor brought on by a scorching summer day

Synonyms of languor

hebetude, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, stupor, torpor

Words Related to languor

boredom, indifference

fatigue, sleepiness

idleness, inaction

Near Antonyms of languor

eagerness, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness

ambition, enterprise

Antonyms of languor

vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity

2 the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

the tropical heat sapped our strength, leaving us in a state of unaccustomed languor

Synonyms of languor

asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languidness, listlessness, lowness, weakness, wimpiness

Words Related to languor

decay, decrepitude

breakdown, collapse, prostration

exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, weariness

defenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessness

effeteness, softness, tenderness

disablement, incapacitation, invalidism

damage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury

Near Antonyms of languor

energy, vitality

brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility

hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness

Antonyms of languor

hardihood, hardiness, robustness, strength, vigor