Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - languid
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If you describe someone as languid, you mean that they show little energy or interest and are very slow and casual in their movements. (LITERARY) To his delight a familiar, tall, languid figure lowered itself down the steps of a club. ADJ • languidly We sat about languidly after dinner... ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Latin ~us, from languere to languish — more at slack Date: 1597 1. drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion ; weak 2. sluggish in character or disposition ; listless 3. lacking force or quickness of movement ; slow • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, languorous, lackadaisical, listless, spiritless mean lacking energy or enthusiasm. ~ refers to an unwillingness or inability to exert oneself due to fatigue or physical weakness was depressed and ~ for weeks after surgery. languorous suggests a dreamy boredom and delicacy that avoids unnecessary activity languorous cats lying in the sun. lackadaisical implies a carefree indifference marked by halfhearted efforts lackadaisical college seniors pretending to study. listless suggests a lack of interest caused by physical weakness or dissatisfied boredom listless hospital patients listless children flipping through picture books on a rainy day. spiritless refers to a lack of animation or vigor that gives one's actions and words life a spiritless recital of the poem. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 lacking vigour; idle; inert; apathetic. 2 (of ideas etc.) lacking force; uninteresting. 3 (of trade etc.) slow-moving; sluggish. 4 faint; weak. Derivatives languidly adv. languidness n. Etymology: F languide or L languidus (as LANGUISH) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. слабый, истомленный this recent illness had still left him languid —- он все еще слаб после перенесенной болезни 2. вялый, апатичный; безжизненный languid attempt —- слабая попытка languid market —- бирж. вялый рынок 3. томный the languid air —- воздух полный истомы with a languid air —- с томным видом 4. медлительный, ленивый languid stream —- медленно текущий ручей the languid flame(s) —- слабое пламя languid souls —- сонные дцши 5. скучный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) вялый, апатичный; томный - languid stream - languid attempt 2) скучный Syn: see listless LANGUID attempt слабая попытка LANGUID stream медленно текущий ручей ...Англо-русский словарь
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