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languorous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡərəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈlæŋ(ɡ)(ə)rəs/

1

adj

Meaning 1

lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg After a languorous stretch of exposition that introduces a lot of pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo and enough supporting characters to fill a Dickens novel (played by the likes of Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, and Ruby Rose), we follow a three-person submersible down to the ocean depths.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: listless, unenthusiastic, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, ineffervescible, insouciant, indifferent, insensible, jaded, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, lackadaisical, lotophagous, lukewarm, meh, mopey, nonchalant, nonplussed, otiose, phlegmatic, pococurante, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpid, torpedinous, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, untouched, unzealous, world-weary

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lacking spirit or liveliness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a lackadaisical attempt
  • a languid mood
  • a languid wave of the hand
  • a hot languorous afternoon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dreamy, lackadaisical, languid

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French langoreux.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отпаднал (otpadnal) — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Bulgarian: отмалял (otmaljal) — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Esperanto: velka — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • French: langoureux — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Greek: άτονος (átonos) — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Greek: νωθρός (nothrós) — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Irish: meirbh — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Russian: вя́лый (vjályj) — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Serbo-Croatian: malaksao — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlitav — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Spanish: lánguido — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Swedish: slapp — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical
  • Swedish: slö — lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical