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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ease |
| Synonyms: | affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, casualness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, informality, leisure, luxury, naturalness, passivity, peace of mind*, poise, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, spontaneity, supinity, tranquility, unceremoniousness |
| Main Entry: | laziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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balmy, desidious, dilatory, dreamy, dronish, drony, drowsy, dull, exanimate, faineant, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, lazy, lazy as Ludlam's dog, leaden, lethargic, lethargical, listless, logily, lumpish, lusk, maudlin, motionless, pottering, remiss, rusty, sedative, sedentary, shilly shally, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, soulless, stay, supine, torpescent, unbusied, unoccupied
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| Concept: | Indifference. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
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-nouns
indifference, neutrality; coldness; anaphrodisia; unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance; want of interest, want of earnestness; anorexy, anorexia, inappetency; apathy (insensibility); supineness (inactivity); disdain; recklessness; inattention., anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac; lust-quencher, passion-queller.
-verbs
be indifferent; stand neuter; take no interest in (insensibility); have no desire for,have no taste for, have no relish for; not care for; care nothing for, care nothing about; not care a straw about, not care a fig for, not care a whit about (unimportance) [more]; not mind., set at naught (make light of); spurn (disdain).
-adjectives
indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm; cool, cool as a cucumber; unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may-care, careless, listless, lackadaisical; half-hearted; unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted., unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to., insipid; vain.
-adverbs
for aught one cares.
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| Antonyms: | desire |
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| Concept: | Inaction. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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-nouns
inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action; noninterference; Fabian policy, conservative policy; neglect., inactivity; rest (repose); quiescence; want of occupation, inoccupation; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente; sinecure; soft snap, soft thing.
-verbs
not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist (relinquish); stop (cease); pause (be quiet)., wait, lie in wait, bide one's time, take time, tide it over., cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; waste time (inactive)., lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow; keep quiet, slug; have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought., undo, do away with; take down, take to pieces; destroy.
-adjectives
not doing; not done; undone; passive; unoccupied, unemployed; out of employ, out of work; fallow; desaeuvre.
-adverbs
re infecta, at a stand, les bras croisis, with folded arms; with the hands in the pockets, with the hands behind one's back; pour passer le temps.
-phrases
cunctando restituit rem.
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| Antonyms: | action |
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| Concept: | Inactivity. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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-nouns
inactivity; inaction; inertness; obstinacy. lull (cessation) [more]; quiescence; rust, rustiness., idleness, remissness; sloth, indolence, indiligence; dawdling; ergophobia, otiosity., dullness; languor; segnity, segnitude; lentor; sluggishness (slowness); procrastination (delay); torpor, torpidity, torpescence; stupor (insensibility); somnolence; drowsiness; nodding; oscitation, oscitancy; pandiculation, bypnotism, lethargy; statuvolence, heaviness, heavy eyelids., sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology., dull work; pottering; relaxation (loosening); Castle of Indolence., [Cause of inactivity] lullaby, sedative [more]; torpedo., idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant (runaway): bummer [U.S], lounger, lazzarone, loafer; lubber, lubbard; slow coach (slow.) [more]; opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus.
-verbs
be inactive; do nothing; move slowly; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile., take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours., idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time; spend time in, take time in; peddle, piddle; potter, pudder, dabble, faddle fribble, fiddle-faddle; dally, dilly-dally., sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze, snooze, nap; take a nap; dream; snore one's best, settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn., languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire; relax., render idle; sluggardize; mitigate.
-adjectives
inactive; motionless; unoccupied (doing nothing) unbusied., indolent, lazy, slothful, idle, lusk, remiss, slack, inert, torpid, sluggish, otiose, languid, supine, heavy, dull, leaden, lumpisb; exanimate, soulless; listless; drony, dronish; lazy as Ludlam's dog., dilatory, laggard; lagging; slow; rusty, flagging; lackadaisical, maudlin, fiddle-faddle; pottering; shilly-shally (irresolute) [more].
-adverbs
inactively; at leisure.
-phrases
the eyes begin to draw straws; "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease" [Dryden]; "better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay" [Tennyson]; "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith]; "the mystery of folded sleep" [Tennyson]; "the timely dew of sleep" [Milton]; "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep" [Longfellow]; "tired Nature's sweet
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| Antonyms: | activity |
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