Serene vs Lethargic - What's the difference?
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Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
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Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
(lb) fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
* (Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)
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(poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
* Southey
* Young
Evening air; night chill.
* Ben Jonson
sluggish, slow
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, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VII
, passage=[That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.}}
indifferent, apathetic
Serene is a related term of lethargic.
As a verb serene
is .As an adjective lethargic is
sluggish, slow.serene
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- Serene , smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
- The moon serene in glory mounts the sky.
- Full many a gem of purest ray serene / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
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Verb
(seren)- Heaven and earth, as if contending, vie / To raise his being, and serene his soul. — Thomson.
Noun
(en noun)- the serene of heaven
- To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene .
- Some serene blast me.