Synonyms for languid
ˈlæŋ gwɪdlan·guid

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1. languidadjective

   Synonyms:
   exhausted, listless, weak, weary, faint

2. languidadjective

   Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping or flagging from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy; indisposed to exertion; sluggish; relaxed: as, languid movements; languid breathing.

   Synonyms:
   weary, listless, exhausted, faint, weak

3. languidadjective

   Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic.

   Synonyms:
   weak, faint, exhausted, listless, weary

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1. languid

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, listless, purposeless, timid, weak, wearied, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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1. languid

   Synonyms:
   faint, weary, feeble, unnerved, unbraced, pining, drooping, enervated, exhausted, flagging, spiritless

   Antonyms:
   strong, healthy, robust, rigorous, active, braced

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1. dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorousadjective

   lacking spirit or liveliness

   "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"

   Synonyms:
   woolgathering, lackadaisical, moony, dreamy, languorous

   Antonyms:
   energetic

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1. languidadjective

   Synonyms:
   faint, exhausted, drooping, pining, languishing, flagging, weak, feeble, not strong, not vigorous

2. languidadjective

   Synonyms:
   dull, torpid, listless, spiritless, heavy, inactive, slow, sluggish

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1. languidadjective

   Synonyms:
   unanimated, flagging, lifeless, supine, listless, sluggish, tardy, slow

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How to use languid in a sentence?

1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

2. Edmund Burke:

   In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and of all things afraid of being too much in the right. But the works of malice and injustice are quite in another style. They are finished with a bold, masterly hand; touched as they are with the spirit of those vehement passions that call forth all our energies, whenever we oppress and persecute.