hebetude

heb·e·tude

noun \ˈhe-bə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\

Definition of HEBETUDE

: lethargy, dullness

— heb·e·tu·di·nous \ˌhe-bə-ˈtü-d^ən-əs, -ˈtyü-\ adjective

Examples of HEBETUDE

1. <faced with a class forever enveloped in a miasma of apathy and intellectual hebetude, the professor had little hope of kindling an interest in medieval European history>

Origin of HEBETUDE

Late Latin hebetudo, from hebēre to be dull; akin to Latin hebes dull

First Known Use: circa 1621

Related to HEBETUDE

Synonyms: lethargy, languor, lassitude, listlessness, stupor, torpor

Antonyms: vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity

Related Words: boredom, indifference; malaise; laziness; fatigue, sleepiness; narcosis; idleness, inaction

Near Antonyms: eagerness, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness; ambition, enterprise

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Rhymes with HEBETUDE

altitude, amplitude, aptitude, attitude, certitude, comfort food, consuetude, crassitude, desuetude, finger food, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, interlude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, mansuetude, multitude, negritude, platitude, plenitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, rectitude, seminude, servitude, solitude, turpitude, vastitude