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noun
Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inanition, lethargy, slackness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weakness
noun
a feeling of lack of interest or energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: languor, listlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apathy
noun
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: torpor, torpidity
Narrower terms: hebetude
History
Borrowed from French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus (“faint, weary”), perhaps for *ladtus, and thus akin to English late.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
