lassitude

[US]/ˈlæsɪtjuːd/
[UK]/ˈlæsɪtuːd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a state of physical or mental weariness, lack of energy, or listlessness.

Example Sentences

a patient complaining of lassitude and inability to concentrate.

she was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed.

She felt a sense of lassitude after working long hours.

The hot weather contributed to his lassitude and lack of energy.

The illness left her with a feeling of lassitude.

His lassitude prevented him from completing the task on time.

The medication helped alleviate her lassitude.

The constant stress at work resulted in a state of lassitude.

She tried to overcome her lassitude by taking short breaks throughout the day.

His lassitude was evident in his slow movements and lack of enthusiasm.

A good night's sleep can help reduce feelings of lassitude.

The lassitude from the long journey made him want to rest immediately.

Real-world Examples

So she went on, the air around her pulsating silently, and oppressing the earth with lassitude.

Source: Returning Home

" I have, " said Jude, literally tottering with cold and lassitude.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

He gave an impression of lassitude, and his nickname was eminently appropriate.

Source: The Shackles of Life (Part One)

It was a sort of lassitude that brought them back to Marietta for another summer.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

I keep things moving in a Congress choked by pettiness and lassitude.

Source: House of Cards season 1

Charity sat on it, leaning her head against the wall in a state of drowsy lassitude.

Source: Summer

Life stands still, then speeds up, lassitude, excitement and catastrophe succeeding one another like readings on a thermometer.

Source: The Economist Culture

And at this time a kind of special stillness had fallen on his soul, a stillness akin to lassitude and melancholy.

Source: The Night Before (Part 1)

In sheer lassitude her mind turned from these alternatives of horror, and sank back into the blank fact that he was gone.

Source: People and Ghosts (Part 2)

Here she sat for twenty minutes or more ere she could summon resolution to go down to the door, her courage being lowered to zero by her physical lassitude.

Source: Returning Home

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