Languor vs Weariness - What's the difference?
languor | weariness | Synonyms |
(uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude
(countable) listless indolence; dreaminess
(uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation
(obsolete, countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering
exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness
a lack of interest or excitement
As nouns the difference between languor and weariness
is that languor is a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude while weariness is exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness.languor
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Alternative forms
* languourNoun
- languor of convalescence
- a certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer --
- from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity --