languor
(noun)
noun
1. a relaxed comfortable feeling
Similar word(s): dreaminess
Definition categories: feeling, easiness, relaxation
2. oppressively still air
- the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor
- Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow
Definition categories: phenomenon, wind
3. a feeling of lack of interest or energy
Similar word(s): lassitude, listlessness
Definition categories: feeling, apathy
4. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Similar word(s): flatness, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness
Definition categories: attribute, inactivity, inertia
Sentences with languor as a noun:
- languor of convalescence
- a certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer -- James Purdy
- from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity -- Elinor Wylie