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2 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] -
3 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 -
4 mou
mou, molle [mu, mɔl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective[substance, oreiller] soft ; [tige, tissu, geste, poignée de main] limp2. masculine nouna. ( = personne) (sans caractère) spineless character ; (apathique) lethargic person ; (trop indulgent) soft personb. [de corde] avoir du mou to be slack• donne un peu de mou pour que je puisse faire un nœud let the rope out a bit so that I can make a knot* * *
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1) ( pas ferme) [coussin, matière] soft; [tige, étoffe] limp; [choc] dull2) ( sans tenue) [trait du visage] weak; [chair, ventre] flabby; [cheveux] limp3) ( apathique) [personne] listless; [poignée de main] limp; [croissance, reprise économique] sluggish4) ( sans énergie) [parent, professeur] soft5) ( sans conviction) pej [version, libéralisme] watered-down; [discours, résistance] feeble
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nom masculin1) ( personne) pej wimp (colloq)2) ( en boucherie) lights (pl) GB, lungs (pl) US3) ( de corde)donner du mou à quelqu'un — (colloq) fig to give somebody a bit of leeway
* * *mu, mɔl (molle) mol (devant un nom masculin commençant par une voyelle ou un h muet)1. adj1) (sans rigidité) (siège, substance, sol) softMon matelas est trop mou. — My mattress is too soft.
2)4) péjoratif (personne, caractère) spinelessJe le trouve un peu mou. — I think he's rather spineless.
5) (résistance, protestations) feeble2. nm1) (= abats) lights pl lungs pl2) [corde] slack3) péjoratif (= personne) wimp* * *A adj3 ( apathique) [personne, enfant] listless; [poignée de main] limp; [croissance, reprise économique] sluggish;4 ( sans énergie) [parent, professeur] soft, overindulgent;B nm3 ( de corde) slack; avoir du mou to be slack; donner du mou to let (the rope) out a bit; donner/laisser du mou à qn○ fig to give sb/to let sb have a bit of leeway.[mu] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet mol [mɔl]) ( féminin molle [mɔl]) adjectifmon revers est trop mou my backhand is too weak ou lacks powerallez, rame plus vite, c'est mou tout ça! (familier) come on, pull on those oars, let's see some effort![estompé - contour] soft3. [sans conviction - protestation, excuse, tentative] feeble, weak ; [ - doigté, style] lifeless, dull ; [ - élève] apathetic, lethargic[sans force de caractère] spineless5. LINGUISTIQUE soft————————[mu] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet mol [mɔl]), molle [mɔl] nom masculin, nom féminin1. [moralement] spineless individual2. [physiquement] weak ou feeble individual————————nom masculina. [cordage] to be slackb. [vis, charnière] to be loose, to have a bit of play3. (très familier & locution) -
5 apathique
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6 nonchalant
nonchalant, e [nɔ̃∫alɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective* * ** * *nɔ̃ʃalɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj nonchalant, -e* * *nonchalant, nonchalante adj ( personne) nonchalant; (enfant, élève) apathetic; c'est un nonchalant he shows no enthusiasm for anything.( féminin nonchalante) [nɔ̃ʃalɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif[insouciant] nonchalant[lent] listless -
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