languid

[LanĀ·guid]

Describe a slow moving river or a weak breeze or a listless manner with the slightly poetic adjective, languid.

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Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.

Adjective S.
lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"


a.
Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.

a.
Slow in progress; tardy.

a.
Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.


Languid

Lan"guid , a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.] 1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. " Languid, powerless limbs. " Armstrong.
Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue.
2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid." Bentley. 3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.
Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon.
Their idleness, aimless and languid airs.
Syn. -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless. -- Lan"guid*ly, adv. -- Lan"guid*ness, n.

Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.

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