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torpidity
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
| Synonyms: | apathy, coma, disinterest, disregard, drowsiness, dullness, hebetude, heedlessness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, inanition, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, languidness, languor, lassitude, leadenness, listlessness, passiveness, phlegm, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, stupor, supineness, torpidness, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness |
| Main Entry: | untroubledness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stillness |
| Synonyms: | calm, calmness, hush, inaction, inactivity, lull, noiselessness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, still, tranquility, tranquillity |
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| Main Entry: | quietness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Repose. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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-nouns
repose, rest, silken repose; sleep., relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause (cessation); respite., day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess.
-verbs
repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease., relax, unbend, slacken; take breath (refresh); rest upon one's oars; pause (cease); stay one's hand., lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair; go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep [more]., take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow (inaction).
-adjectives
reposing; unstrained.
-adverbs
at rest.
-phrases
"the best of men have ever loved repose" [Thompson]; "to repair our nature with comforting repose" [Henry VIII].
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| Antonyms: | exertion |
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| Concept: | Quiescence. |
| Category: | 1. Motion in General |
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quiescence; rest; stillness; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance; quietism., quiet, tranquillity, calm; repose; peace; dead calm, anticyclone; statue-like repose; slience; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep (inactivity)., pause, lull (cessation); stand still; standing still; lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo., resting place; gite; bivouac; home (abode); pillow (support); haven (refuge); goal (arrival).
-verbs
remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop (discontinue)., stagnate; quieta non movere; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed., dwell (be present); settle (be located); alight (arrive) stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a standstill; quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.
-adjectives
quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary; immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor; stock, still; standing still; sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home; becalmed, stagnant, quiet; unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled; calm, restful; cataleptic; immovable (stable); sleeping (inactive); silent; still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death.
-adverbs
at a stand; tout court; at the halt.
-phrases
requiescat in pace; Deus nobis haec otia fecit [Vergil]; "the noonday quiet holds the hill" [Tennyson].
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| Antonyms: | motion |
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