What does lassitude mean?
Lassitude means Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness.
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/ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd/ · noun
Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness.
Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.
"Then it's No, darling?" he said at last. She gave a gesture of lassitude. She was exhausted. "The studio is yours. Everything belongs to you. If you want to bring him here, how can I prevent you?"
In order to appear busy, one should pace around the office clutching files.... The best part of this ancient ritual is that it tends to make one's colleagues look away—just in case you and your papers are going to interrupt their own lassitude.
At Euro 2004 and the 2002 World Cup, Blatter commented this week, many stars were physically and mentally exhausted, and left an aftertaste of nonchalance and lassitude.
Use lassitude when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lassitude means Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness.
Common synonyms include languor, lethargy, inanition, listlessness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.
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