Antonyms for lassitude


Grammar : Noun
Spell : las-i-tood, -tyood
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud


Definition of lassitude

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French lassitude (14c.), from Latin lassitudinem (nominative lassitudo) "faintness, weariness," from lassus "faint, tired, weary," from PIE *led- "slow, weary" (cf. Old English læt "sluggish, slow;" see late (adj.)), from root *le- "to let go, slacken" (see lenient).
  • noun lethargy
Example sentences :
  • I seized a moment of lassitude, gave every man a trumpet, and gained the day with this handful.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • But the gathering grew sad, benumbed, as it were, with lassitude.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Up to the moment of that discovery, all was lassitude and indifference.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • But all the blue forces were broken, disorganized; there came an exhaustion, a lassitude.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • On waking in the morning we all p. 263experienced languor and lassitude.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • Lassitude lived in his eyes, his long thin fingers trembled.
  • Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman
  • He lay back and let the lassitude enclose him, not fighting it.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • It was long since she had felt oppressed by such a sense of lassitude and melancholy.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • Yet there was no sign about the boy of the lassitude of repletion.
  • Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham
  • Added to all this, he was suffering from headache and lassitude.
  • Extract from : « St. Winifred's » by Frederic W. Farrar

Synonyms for lassitude

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