SUPINENESS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

supineness

noun

Definition of supineness

as in lethargy

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Noun

His Envita medical records from this time detail his lethargy, his cough and his precipitous drop in weight.

— Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Phrasemaking is perhaps no contribution to the intellectual heritage of the race, but phrasemakers do snap us out of lethargy, and frequently out of ingrowing pessimism, which may be worse than frenzy.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of lethargy

Noun

By contrast, Alzheimer’s disease typically is associated with memory and language loss, and is more associated with apathy and depression than with anxiety.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The voter apathy was attributed by observers to a general mistrust in politicians.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of apathy

Noun

Health care industry opposition and employer inertia have stymied wholesale changes over the past several decades, but the financial strain on workers and companies has made reform a priority.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026
This inertia can come in handy if the engine dies, because the rotor will continue to spin and allow the pilot to descend under control, in an emergency technique known as autorotation.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of inertia

Noun

The Melbourne duo taps into trip-hop’s essential strangeness on its latest album, trading the genre’s boilerplate languor for dejected moods, menacing auras, and slippery, all-consuming bass.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
As sculptural and balletic as these performers could be, the trancelike languor of classical dance was conspicuously absent.

— Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of languor

Noun

Stranger by the Lake is a bookend of sorts to La Piscine, as both films seem to condemn their characters, and by extension, the counterculture surrounding them, to a lassitude incapable of any moral authority.

— Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
The result of this lassitude is that cars still rule the streets.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025

Definition of lassitude

Noun

Both modes are rated at 60 Hz, which is an unusually high refresh rate for ePaper and should take some of the sluggishness out of scrolling and cursor movement.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
But exercising hard immediately after a large meal may cause nausea, cramping, heartburn, or feelings of sluggishness.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of sluggishness

Noun

But an industry that’s so quick to condemn consumer-facing AI ‘slop’ for its creative laziness has paid less attention to the laziness AI risks encouraging behind the scenes.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Don’t dismiss that reaction as laziness or lack of discipline.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of laziness

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