adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK, US:/ˈɪn.də.lənt/
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CMU ARPABET:IH1 N D AH0 L AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
Meaning relationships
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Inducing laziness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
indolent comfort
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3
adj
Meaning 3
Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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4
adj
Meaning 4
Healing slowly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an indolent ulcer
leprosy is an indolent infectious disease
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6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
disinclined to work or exertion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.
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55 source translations are retained for this English entry.