languid

Meaning

Adj

1. Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
2. Of a person or their movement: showing a dislike for physical effort; leisurely, unhurried.
3. Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.
4. Of a colour: not bright; dull, muted.
5. Of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting.
6. Of a period of time: characterized by lack of activity; pleasant and relaxed; unstressful.
7. Of a thing: lacking energy, liveliness, or strength; inactive, slow-moving, weak.

Noun

Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”).

Synonyms

sluggish

listless

weak

dull

languorous

lazy

feeble

inert

spiritless

faint

exhausted

lackadaisical

slack

weary

😩

fatigued

tired

😫

flaccid

indolent

debilitated

nerveless

melancholy

drooping

wearied

enervated

weakly

dreamy

droopy

groggy

indifferent

infirm

lethargic

logy

powerless

prostrate

run-down

slow

soft

unnerved

washy

apathetic

wonky

lethargical

light

limp

drowsy

little

asleep

lumbering

lymphatic

dragging

Translations

lánguido

languido

languissant

lânguido

άτονος

χαύνος

fatigué

müde

😫

matt

rêveur

apathique

langoureux

las

😩

مرهق

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/

Etymology

Cognate with French: languide

Cognate with Italian: languido

Cognate with Portuguese: lânguido

Cognate with Spanish: lánguido

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French languide (“fatigued, weak; apathetic, indifferent”) (modern French languide), or from its etymon Latin languidus (“faint, weak; dull; slow, sluggish; ill, sick, unwell; (figuratively) inactive, inert, listless”), from langueō (“to be faint or weak; (figuratively) to be idle, inactive, or listless”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“to weaken”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives). Doublet of languish.
Cognates
* Italian languido (“languid; languishing”)
* Portuguese lânguido (“languid; listless”)
* Spanish lánguido (“languid, weak”)