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languid adjective [ ˈlaŋɡwɪd ]

• (of a person, manner, or gesture) having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion or effort.
• "his languid demeanour irritated her"
Similar: relaxed, unhurried, languorous, unenergetic, lacking in energy, slow, slow-moving, listless, lethargic, phlegmatic, torpid, sluggish, lazy, idle, slothful, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, apathetic, indifferent, uninterested, impassive, laid back, otiose, pococurante, Laodicean,
Opposite: energetic, active,
• weak or faint from illness or fatigue.
• "she was pale, languid, and weak, as if she had delivered a child"
Similar: sickly, weak, faint, feeble, frail, delicate, debilitated, flagging, drooping, tired, weary, fatigued, enervated,
Opposite: energetic, vigorous,
Origin: late 16th century (in languid (sense 2)): from French languide or Latin languidus, from languere (see languish).


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