Lassitude (Noun)
Meaning 1
Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- After being sick for a week, Sarah was experiencing lassitude and just wanted to rest.
- The warm sunshine filled him with lassitude, and he lay down for a long, leisurely nap.
- She'd been studying for months and now felt overcome with lassitude, just before her exams.
- After his father passed away, Tom's normally strong constitution gave way to a state of deep lassitude.
- It had been three sleepless nights and long hours at the hospital; as she went off her shift, Maria collapsed with sheer lassitude.
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Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 3
A feeling of lack of interest or energy.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.