C2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

lassitude

lassitude · lassitudes

усталость, апатия, утомление

Müdigkeit, Mattigkeit

Lethargy or lack of energyLethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness

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UK/ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd/US/ˈlæsɪˌtud/

» A strange lassitude fell upon me.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness
Mattigkeit, Müdigkeit
уста́лостьustálostʹ, утомле́ниеutomlénije, апа́тияapátija
a feeling of lack of interest or energy

Examples

3 sentences

A strange lassitude fell upon me.
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Counterintuitively, the cure for my lassitude was exercise.
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We can't abandon our principles out of moral lassitude.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

lethargy:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

lethargy:

Origin

Borrowed from French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus

Borrowed from French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus (“faint, weary”), perhaps for *ladtus, and thus akin to English late.

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Forms

plural: lassitudes

Singular	lassitude
Plural	lassitudes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms

Close in meaning

weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy:inanition lethargy slackness
a feeling of lack of interest or energy:languor listlessness
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness):lethargy sluggishness

Word family

1 related words

Derivedlassitudinous

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable