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LASSITUDE

Dictionary entry overview: What does lassitude mean?

• LASSITUDE (noun)
The noun LASSITUDE has 3 senses:

1. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
2. a feeling of lack of interest or energy
3. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

Familiarity information: LASSITUDE used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• LASSITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lassitude; lethargy; sluggishness

Hypernyms ("lassitude" is a kind of...):

torpidity; torpor (a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lassitude"):

hebetude (mental lethargy or dullness)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A feeling of lack of interest or energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

listlessness; lassitude; languor

Hypernyms ("lassitude" is a kind of...):

apathy (an absence of emotion or enthusiasm)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inanition; slackness; lethargy; lassitude

Hypernyms ("lassitude" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

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