languorous
/ˈlæŋ(ɡ)(ə)rəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.90 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
Example Sentences
- "The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine."
- "Warm as a Lesbian valley's afternoon Made langourous ^([sic]) with June"
- "8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg After a languorous stretch of exposition that introduces a lot of pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo and enough supporting characters to fill a Dickens novel (played by the likes of Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, and Ruby Rose), we follow a three-person submersible down to the ocean depths."
Etymology
From Middle French langoreux.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlæŋ(ɡ)(ə)rəs/
- British English: /ˈlæŋɡərəs/
Inflected Forms
more languorous (comparative)
most languorous (superlative)
langorous (alternative)
langourous (alternative)
languourous (alternative)
Derived Forms
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
listless
unenthusiastic
adiaphroistic
apathetic
apathistical
blasé
blithe
deaf
cool
shiftless
dispassionate
dull