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lassitude
Lassitude (noun) means a feeling of tiredness and lack of energy.
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A feeling of tiredness and lack of energy.
"At Euro 2004 and the 2002 World Cup, Blatter commented this week, many stars were physically and mentally exhausted, and left an aftertaste of nonchalance and lassitude."
— Rob Hughes, Soccer: The Olympic Flame Running Low on Fuel (2004)
""Then it's No, darling?" he said at last. She gave a gesture of lassitude. She was exhausted. "The studio is yours. Everything belongs to you. If you want to bring him here, how can I prevent you?""
— William Somerset Maugham, chapter 25 (1919)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French lassitude, which came from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus (“faint, weary”), perhaps for *ladtus, and so related to English late.
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What is the meaning of lassitude?
"lassitude" (noun) means a feeling of tiredness and lack of energy.
What is another word for lassitude?
Other words for "lassitude" include inanition, slackness, languor, listlessness, lethargy, sluggishness.
What is the opposite of lassitude?
The opposite of "lassitude" is activity.
