Languid: alternatives and connections

A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are…

Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding.

A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red…

One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or per…

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid f…

To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious…

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects…

Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.

Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, mus…

To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or…