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