indolence

Noun

Meaning

Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.

The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

laziness rest dog days inertia negligence indifference dormancy inactivity apathy hibernation inaction idleness sloth passivity drowsiness

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Antonyms

hopper birr grindstone work energy business

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Hypernyms

inertia inactivity inactiveness

Hyponyms

idleness faineance shiftlessness

Related terms

indolent indolently indolency

Phrases with the word

rotational indolence

Examples

What is public opinion? It is private indolence. Georg Brandes

There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. Franz Kafka

Indolence is heaven's ally here, And energy the child of hell: The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear But brims the poisoned well. Herman Melville

We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom. Toni Morrison

Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion. Joseph H. Hertz

Sleep and indolence are not cousins of a good harvest. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

indoleamine indolebutyric acid indolecarbamidine indolency indolenine indolent