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LASSITUDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
Sense 3
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)
