Languor

Quick meaning: Languor is a noun meaning (uncountable) Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.

Meaning

(uncountable) Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation.
2. (uncountable) Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; (countable) an instance of this.
3. (uncountable) Heavy humidity and stillness of the air.
4. (uncountable, obsolete) Sorrow; suffering; also, enfeebling disease or illness; (countable, obsolete) an instance of this.
5. (intransitive) To languish.
6. (uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.

Example Sentences

languor of convalescence

From languor she passed to the lightest vivacity; her temper became merry and wild in the extreme; she was all at once a tease, a tomboy, and a witch.

Repose! The very word has a nostalgic ring to it, conjuring up a vanished world of pale solitude, gentle distances, summer vistas, languour, and lovely women …

Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.

Word Forms

• languors
• languour
• languoring
• languored

Synonyms for languor

Depending on context, synonyms include torpor, lethargy, lassitude, listlessness, sluggishness, dreaminess.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, dreaminess, ennui.

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