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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | languid |
| Synonyms: | drooping, droopy, dwindling, fading, fatigued, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, limp, listless, sagging, slacking, slumping, spiritless, tired, tiring, waning, weak, weakening |
| Main Entry: | flag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signal |
| Synonyms: | gesture, give a sign to, hail, indicate, motion, salute, warn, wave |
| Main Entry: | ebb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regression; decline |
| Synonyms: | abatement, backflow, decay, decrease, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, diminution, drop, dwindling, fading away, flagging, going out, lessening, low tide, low water, outward flow, petering out, recession, refluence, reflux, retreat, retrocession, retroflux, shrinkage, sinking, slackening, subsidence, sweep, wane, waning, weakening, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | flow, incline, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | lazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive, sluggish |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep on the job, careless, comatose, dallying, dilatory, drowsy, dull, flagging, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, languorous, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, out of it, passive, procrastinating, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, slow-moving, snoozy, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready, weary |
| Antonyms: | active, diligent, energetic, hard-working, industrious, lively |
| Main Entry: | seedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | run-down, dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy, decaying, decrepit, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, drooping, droopy, faded, flagging, frowzy, gone to seed, grubby, in a bad way, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, sagging, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, used up, wilted, wilting, worn |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, nice, posh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted, weary |
| Synonyms: | all in, annoyed, asleep, beat*, bored, broken-down, burned out, collapsing, consumed, dead on one's feet, distressed, dog-tired, done for, done in, drained, drooping, droopy, drowsy, empty, enervated, exasperated, fagged, faint, fatigued, fed up*, finished, flagging, haggard, irked, irritated, jaded, narcoleptic, overtaxed, overworked, petered out, played out, pooped, prostrated, run-down, sick of, sleepy, spent, stale, tuckered out, wasted, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | activated, active, energized, fired up, fresh, invigorated, refreshed, rested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decreasing |
| Synonyms: | abatement, declension, declination, decrescence, diminution, flagging, recession |
| Antonyms: | waxing |
| Main Entry: | weary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired |
| Synonyms: | all in, beat*, bone-tired, bored, burned out, bushed, dead tired, dead*, discontented, disgusted, dog-tired, done in, drained, drooping, drowsy, enervated, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, fed up, flagging, had it, impatient, indifferent, jaded, knocked out, out of gas, overworked, pooped, punchy, ready to drop, sick, sick and tired, sleepy, spent*, taxed, wearied, wearing, wiped out, worn out, zonked |
| Notes: | to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
| Antonyms: | activated, energetic, fresh, lively, untired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | languorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | languid |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, blahs, comatose, dopey, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, flagging, heavy*, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid-back*, languishing, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, listless, lymphatic, moony, nebbish, phlegmatic, pining, sickly, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, snoozy, spiritless, supine, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unhurried, uninterested, weak, weary, wimpy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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