Antonyms for inanition


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-uh-nish-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn əˈnɪʃ ən


Definition of inanition

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French inanition, from Latin inanitionem (nominative inanitio) "emptiness," noun of action from past participle stem of inanire "to empty," from inanis "empty, void, worthless, useless," of uncertain origin.
  • As in lethargy : noun laziness, sluggishness
  • As in starvation : noun hunger
  • As in hebetude : noun lethargy
  • As in hollowness : noun emptiness
  • As in languidness : noun lethargy
  • As in leadenness : noun lethargy
  • As in torpidity : noun lethargy
  • As in vacuousness : noun emptiness
  • As in emptiness : noun void, bareness
Example sentences :
  • And men may be over-disciplined, so that their impulses die away from inanition.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • To be starved to death is "to sink from inanition into nonentity."
  • Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • That a state of inanition exists in Miss Fancher is not to be doubted.
  • Extract from : « Fasting Girls » by William Alexander Hammond
  • Frequently the engine stopped as if from sheer fatigue or inanition.
  • Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 4 » by John McElroy
  • Marjorie was awakened from her trance of inanition by the porter's voice.
  • Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes
  • And the days pass, and she grows weak from inanition, but refuses all food.
  • Extract from : « Red as a Rose is She » by Rhoda Broughton
  • The present government, my dear George, will expire from inanition.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • I tell him he's foolish to pay any attention to it; just let it die of inanition.
  • Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous
  • And we couldn't even leave the infernal things to die of inanition.
  • Extract from : « Aliens » by William McFee
  • In 1833 it declined from a weekly to a monthly, and in 1834 it died of inanition.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 » by Various

Synonyms for inanition

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019