indolent
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical laborHabitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
» Indolent youth creates a begging old age.
Träge Jugend schafft ein bettelndes Alter.
Meaning
4 sensesHabitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
träge, faul, arbeitsscheu
лени́выйlenívyj, пра́здныйprázdnyj, безде́ятельныйbezdéjatelʹnyj
Inducing laziness.
indolent comfort
ermüdend
спосо́бствующий пра́здностиsposóbstvujuščij prázdnosti, разне́живающийraznéživajuščij
Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
schmerzlos, indolent, schmerzfrei
безболе́зненныйbezboléznennyj
Healing slowly.
ме́дленно зажива́ющийmédlenno zaživájuščij, вялотеку́щийvjalotekúščij
- (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
- disinclined to work or exertion
Examples
3 sentencesIndolent youth creates a begging old age.
deTräge Jugend schafft ein bettelndes Alter. — carlosalberto
"We are not hangmen to torture a prisoner till he confesses," observed some one in a quiet and rather indolent tone.
He was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards.
ruОн был праздным человеком, который жил только для того, чтобы есть, пить и играть в карты. — xmoffx
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 3
Origin
From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurFrom French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.
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Forms
more indolent, most indolent| Comparative | more indolent Lesson |
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| Superlative | most indolent Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form