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as in boredom
physical or mental inertness
the beach was packed with sunbathers wallowing in the languor brought on by a scorching summer day
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as in weakness
the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor
the tropical heat sapped our strength, leaving us in a state of unaccustomed languor
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Recent Examples of languor
The French Vietnamese director, Tran Anh Hung, is contemporary cinema’s great poet of languor.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
There are two excellent reasons to savor the series, in all of its languor.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
The characters emote with the rich, sticky languor of a lava lamp, and none come to life with the force of those in the works to which Catán nods.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
Everyone was ready to shake off the languor of the hot afternoon and welcome in the shade of night.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
There are two excellent reasons to savor the series, in all of its languor.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
The characters emote with the rich, sticky languor of a lava lamp, and none come to life with the force of those in the works to which Catán nods.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
Everyone was ready to shake off the languor of the hot afternoon and welcome in the shade of night.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
See All Example Sentences for languor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languor
Noun
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For the students, the evacuations at first carry an air of palpable panic, even a perverse frisson of adventure, though with frequent repetition, mortal danger gets blunted into exasperated boredom.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Blow Job, Sleep, Empire: with help from the Jonas Mekas propaganda wheel, these shifted the definition of beauty in the popular US lexicon: a filmed beauty, a gay beauty, a beauty of an intimate boredom.—
Carlos Valladares,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Oklahoma City addressed most of its playoff weaknesses from last May.—
Nick Crain,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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This Jayhawks squad lacks the right pieces around Harris and Adams — players who could amplify their strengths while covering for some of their weaknesses.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2025
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The government has also been instrumental in supporting growth in recent months, through a spate of stimulus steps undertaken to revive the lethargy of an economy internally weighed down by lackluster domestic consumption and an extensive real estate slump.—
Anniek Bao,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
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On the other hand, pets with salmonella infections may exhibit lethargy or have symptoms such as diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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However, the Magnificent 7 stocks have seen internal bifurcation in 2025, showing signs of exhaustion.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Nor is stealth aided by growing evidence of his own neglectful self-care: exhaustion, panic attacks, blackouts, a limp from unattended jogging injuries, eventually audio and visual hallucinations.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Slim, chiselled Tom wakes from his stupor, newly determined to prove his haters wrong.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Symptoms of severe illness include high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, stupor, tremors, seizures, paralysis, or coma.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
4 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The symptoms of fatigue may be masked temporarily — Red Bull helps — but, alas, they cannot be reversed.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Symptoms may start days or weeks after consuming the bacteria and can include fever, muscle aches and fatigue.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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But the opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., went way further than necessary to insulate Trump from prosecution — not simply before the election, which the court, by its lassitude, had nearly guaranteed, but forever, even in the event that President Biden wins reelection.—
Ruth Marcus,
Washington Post,
1 July 2024
Noun
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The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
28 June 2024
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According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.—
Howard W. French,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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“Languor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languor. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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