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languid

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of languid

1 lacking bodily energy or motivation

  • a few languid dancers swayed about on the dance floor without much enthusiasm
Synonyms of languid

enervated, lackadaisical, languishing, languorous, limp, listless, spiritless
Words Related to languid

indolent, lazy, slothful

dull, lethargic, logy (also loggy), sleepy, sluggish, torpid

exhausted, knackered [British], tired, weary

feeble, frail, weak

apathetic, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid

careless, heedless, thoughtless, unwary

inactive, inert
Near Antonyms of languid

active, dynamic, industrious, kinetic

avid, eager, enthusiastic, keen, lively, pumped, vivacious

cheerful, chipper, perky, up

agog, alert, awake, dapper, open-eyed, sleepless, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake
Antonyms of languid

ambitious, animated, energetic, enterprising, motivated

2 lacking bodily strength

  • the tired athleteʼs languid movements on the tennis court
Synonyms of languid

asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy
Words Related to languid

challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

paralyzed

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding
Near Antonyms of languid

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating
Antonyms of languid

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong

3 moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

  • the film's languid pace will not be to the taste of many moviegoers
Synonyms of languid

crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried
Words Related to languid

deliberate, measured

inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging

lingering, loitering, tarrying

ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed

strolling

decelerating, slowing

filibustering, procrastinating, stalling
Near Antonyms of languid

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, quickened

hurried, rushed
Antonyms of languid

barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

Synonym Discussion of languid

languid, languorous, lackadaisical, listless, spiritless mean lacking energy or enthusiasm. languid refers to an unwillingness or inability to exert oneself due to fatigue or physical weakness.
    • was depressed and languid for weeks after surgery
languorous suggests a dreamy boredom and delicacy that avoids unnecessary activity.
    • languorous cats lying in the sun
lackadaisical implies a carefree indifference marked by half-hearted efforts.
    • lackadaisical college seniors pretending to study
listless suggests a lack of interest caused by physical weakness or dissatisfied boredom.
    • listless hospital patients
    • listless children flipping through picture books on a rainy day
spiritless refers to a lack of animation or vigor that gives one's actions and words life.
    • a spiritless recital of the poem

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