LASSITUDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

Synonyms:

inanition; lassitude; lethargy; slackness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("lassitude" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Meaning:

A feeling of lack of interest or energy

Synonyms:

languor; lassitude; listlessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("lassitude" is a kind of...):

apathy (an absence of emotion or enthusiasm)

Meaning:

A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Synonyms:

lassitude; lethargy; sluggishness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lassitude" is a kind of...):

torpidity; torpor (a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lassitude"):

hebetude (mental lethargy or dullness)