languorous

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 

View all »
Definitions (5)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (3)

  1. Affected by languor; exhibiting languor; languid.
  2. Dull; tedious; wearisome; inducing languor. Whom late I left in languorous constraynt. Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 9. A medicine in themselves To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. Tennyson, Princess, vii.
  3. Suggestive of languor; seductive: as, languorous eyes. Warm breath, light whisper, tender semi-tone, Bright eyes, accomplish'd shape, and lang'rous waist. Keats, Posthumous Poems, Sonnet xviii.

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples

  • The language of the Tsla was slow and languorous, a startling contrast to the fast-paced singsong of the Mai. —  Voyage To The City Of The Dead
  • The music was soft and languorous, and as much as I tried to deny it, part of me just yearned to be held. —  1st to Die
  • Their flukes slapped against the water; they rolled, languorous, stroking each other with their dorsal fins. —  Songs of the Humpback Whale
  • But it takes a little getting used to, that I couldn't make Reeth enjoy it like I did, that she * can't*. " —  The Ringworld Engineers
  • The kiss was languorous, arousing. —  A Man Called Jesse
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

Languorous has been looked up 1156 times, favorited 3 times, listed 39 times, and commented on once.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

languid ·  sultry ·  voluptuous ·  sensuous ·  seductive ·  drowsy ·  effortless ·  dreamy ·  balmy ·  catlike ·  restful ·  exhilarate
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a year.

Recent Lookups

hegemony · blood · surf-boat · past-time · jackasses

Recent Favorites

TelePalmter · Espoo · stick-to-it-iveness · supine · doxastic

Recent Pronunciations

milosrdenstvi · lichen-covered · futon · sagacity · monoragngocious