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1 alanguir
alɑ̃giʀfml verbe transitif [amour, musique] to make [somebody] languid; [chaleur] to make [somebody] listless* * *1 ( rendre langoureux) [amour, musique] to make [sb] languid;2 ( rendre languissant) [maladie] to sap [sb's] energy; [chaleur] to enervate, to make [sb] listless.[alɑ̃gir] verbe transitif[suj: chaleur, fatigue] to make listless ou languid ou languorous[suj: oisiveté, paresse] to make indolent ou languid————————s'alanguir verbe pronominal intransitifa. [devenait triste] her spirits gradually fellb. [n'offrait plus de résistance] she was weakening gradually -
2 languide
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3 alangui
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4 langoureux
langoureux, -euse [lɑ̃guʀø, øz]adjective* * *- euse lɑ̃guʀø, øz adjectif languorous* * *lɑ̃ɡuʀø, øz adj (-euse)* * *( féminin langoureuse) [lɑ̃gurø, øz] adjectif[alangui] languishing -
5 langueur
lɑ̃gœʀnom féminin languor* * *lɑ̃ɡœʀ nf* * *langueur nf languor; être pris de langueur [personne] to be overcome with languor; [économie] to be torpid; la Bourse est prise de langueur the stock market is sluggish; des yeux pleins de langueur languid eyes.[lɑ̃gɶr] nom féminin1. [apathie] languidness2. [mélancolie] languorun sourire plein de langueur a languid ou languorous smile -
6 languissant
languissante lɑ̃gisɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif [personne] listless; [économie] sluggish; [conversation] desultory* * *lɑ̃ɡisɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj languissant, -e* * *languissant, languissante adj1 ( sans entrain) [personne] listless; [économie, commerce] sluggish; [conversation, récit] listless;2 liter [regard] lovesick.( féminin languissante) [lɑ̃gisɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif4. [morne] -
7 indolence
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8 indolent
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9 mollesse
mollesse [mɔlεs]feminine noun[de marché] sluggishness• il est d'une mollesse ! he's so slow!* * *mɔlɛs1) ( caractère moelleux) softness2) ( de chair) flabbiness; ( de trait du visage) weakness3) ( de personne) listlessness; ( de poignée de main) limpness4) ( manque d'autorité)la mollesse du gouvernement face aux manifestants — the government's failure to stand up to the demonstrators
5) fig (de personne, réponse) lack of conviction; (d'idée, de style) woolliness; ( d'opposition) weakness; ( de croissance) sluggishness* * *mɔlɛs nfSee:1) [matelas] softness3) [résistance, protestation] feebleness* * *mollesse nf1 ( caractère moelleux) softness;2 ( manque de tenue) ( de chair) flabbiness; ( de cheveux) limpness; ( de trait du visage) weakness;3 ( apathie) (de personne, d'élève) listlessness; ( de poignée de main) limpness; mollesse d'une démarche languid way of moving;4 ( manque d'autorité) la mollesse d'un père envers ses enfants a father's soft treatment of his children; la mollesse de qn face à qn sb's failure to stand up to sb; il a réagi avec trop de mollesse face à la crise he was too soft in handling the crisis;5 ( manque de conviction) (de personne, réponse) lack of conviction; ( d'idéologie) laxness; (d'idée, de style) woolliness; (d'opposition, interprétation, de discours) weakness; (de reprise, croissance) sluggishness.[mɔlɛs] nom féminin1. [d'une substance, d'un objet] softness[des chairs] flabbiness[d'une poignée de main] limpness2. [d'un relief] soft shape[de contours]c'est la mollesse des parents/de l'opposition qui est en cause parental laxness/the opposition's spinelessness is to blame -
10 mijaurée
n. f. 'Stuck-up', affected and conceited woman. Faire sa mijaurée (of man or woman): To put on languid airs and graces. -
11 languissant
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12 nonchalant
COS languiduEN languid, easy-going
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Languid — Lan guid, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See {Languish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. Languid, powerless… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
languid — languid, languishing, languorous, lackadaisical, listless, spiritless, enervated are comparable when they mean lacking in vim or energy or, when applied to things, the appearance of it. Languid usually implies an unwillingness or an inability to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
languid — I adjective adynamic, anemic, apathetic, apathetical, asthenic, drooping, dry, dull, empty, exanimate, exhausted, faint, fatigued, feeble, flagging, hebetudinous, impotent, inactive, indifferent, ineffective, inert, lackadaisical, languens,… … Law dictionary
languid — (adj.) 1590s, from M.Fr. languide (16c.) and directly from L. languidus faint, listless, from languere be weak or faint, from PIE root * (s)leg to be slack (see LAX (Cf. lax)). Related: Languidly; languidness … Etymology dictionary
languid — [adj] drooping, dull, listless apathetic, blah*, blahs*, comatose, dopey, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid back, languishing, languorous, lazy, leaden,… … New thesaurus
languid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) disinclined to exert oneself physically. 2) weak or faint from illness or fatigue. DERIVATIVES languidly adverb … English terms dictionary
languid — [laŋ′gwid] adj. [Fr languide < L languidus < languere, to be weary, akin to laxus: see LAX] 1. without vigor or vitality; drooping; weak 2. without interest or spirit; listless; indifferent 3. sluggish; dull; slow languidly adv. languidness … English World dictionary
languid — lan|guid [ læŋgwıd ] adjective 1. ) very slow and relaxed: He lifted his hand in a languid fashion and pushed back his blond curls. 2. ) a languid occasion or period of time is relaxed and pleasant: a languid evening 3. ) LITERARY someone who is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
languid — UK [ˈlæŋɡwɪd] / US adjective 1) very slow and relaxed He lifted his hand in a languid fashion and pushed back his blond curls. 2) a languid occasion or period of time is relaxed and pleasant a languid evening 3) literary someone who is languid is … English dictionary
languid — adjective Etymology: Middle French languide, from Latin languidus, from languēre 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
languid — [[t]læ̱ŋgwɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED 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] He s a large, languid man with a round and impassive face... Time spent … English dictionary