Languor - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlæŋɡər|  American pronunciation of the word languor
Brit.  |ˈlæŋɡə|  British pronunciation of the word languor

noun

- a relaxed comfortable feeling (syn: dreaminess)
- oppressively still air
the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor
Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow
- a feeling of lack of interest or energy (syn: lassitude, listlessness)
- inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy (syn: flatness, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness)

Extra examples

They enjoyed the languor brought on by a hot summer afternoon.

They felt an indefinable languor.

They felt some languor in their business.

Lying there beside her, he was filled with an agreeable languor.

Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow

...in the thick, fervent air of a tropical afternoon, a languor set in...

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