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lassitude

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lassitude

1 a complete depletion of energy or strength

  • our lassitude was such that we couldnʼt even be bothered to get more soda from the fridge
Synonyms of lassitude

burnout, collapse, exhaustion, fatigue, frazzle, prostration, tiredness, weariness
Words Related to lassitude

debilitation, debility, disablement, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, infirmity, weakness

overfatigue

languor, lethargy, listlessness

sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpor

apathy, inertia, passiveness, passivity
Near Antonyms of lassitude

bounce, dash, drive, energy, ginger, go, liveliness, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zing, zip

might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, strength

briskness, jauntiness, spiritedness, sprightliness, vivaciousness, vivacity
Antonyms of lassitude

refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization

2 physical or mental inertness

  • hot, humid summer days marked by lassitude and a wish to do nothing but sit in the air conditioning
Synonyms of lassitude

hebetude, languor, lethargy, listlessness, stupor, torpor
Words Related to lassitude

boredom, indifference

malaise

laziness

fatigue, sleepiness

narcosis

idleness, inaction
Near Antonyms of lassitude

eagerness, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness

ambition, enterprise
Antonyms of lassitude

vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity

Synonym Discussion of lassitude

lethargy, languor, lassitude, stupor, torpor mean physical or mental inertness. lethargy implies such drowsiness or aversion to activity as is induced by disease, injury, or drugs.
    • months of lethargy followed my accident
languor suggests inertia induced by an enervating climate or illness or love.
    • languor induced by a tropical vacation
lassitude stresses listlessness or indifference resulting from fatigue or poor health.
    • a depression marked by lassitude
stupor implies a deadening of the mind and senses by shock, narcotics, or intoxicants.
    • lapsed into an alcoholic stupor
torpor implies a state of suspended animation as of hibernating animals but may suggest merely extreme sluggishness.
    • a once alert mind now in a torpor

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