Synonyms of hebetude

hebetude

noun

as in boredom

physical or mental inertness

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boredom
• lethargy
• stupor
• fatigue
• indifference
• languor
• torpor
• lassitude
• listlessness
• malaise
• laziness
• narcosis
• sleepiness
• inaction
• idleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vitality
• vigor
• vivacity
• enthusiasm
• vim
• eagerness
• enterprise
• ambition
• spiritedness
• keenness

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