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вялость — meaning in English

vyalost

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English meaning

  • dullness noun The quality of being slow of understanding things.
  • inertia noun In physics, the tendency of an object to keep doing whatever it's already doing — staying still or moving in a straight line — unless a force acts on it.
  • languor noun A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
  • lethargy noun A lack of energy and enthusiasm; sluggishness or drowsiness.
  • stagnation noun The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.
  • wilt verb To droop and lose freshness, as a plant does when it lacks water.

Senses

вялость is used for these senses in English:

  • dullness The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.
  • inertia (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
  • languor (uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
  • lethargy A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]
  • stagnation The state of being stagnant, without circulation.
  • wilt The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

dullness — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being slow of understanding things.
  2. noun The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.
  3. noun Lack of interest or excitement.
  4. noun The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.

inertia — full definition

  1. noun In physics, the tendency of an object to keep doing whatever it's already doing — staying still or moving in a straight line — unless a force acts on it.
  2. noun A reluctance to act, change, or get started; sluggishness.

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