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| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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absent, absent, bemused, blind, blithe, brainsick, careless, cursory, deaf, disconcerted, distrait, dizzy, dreaming on other things, dreamy, engrossed, giddy, giddy, giddy as a goose, harebrained, harum, high, in the clouds, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, listless, lost, lost in thought, mindless, musing on other things, muzzy, napping, off one's guard, offhand, percursory, preoccupied, put out, rantipole, rapt, regardless, respectless, scatterbrained, thoughtless, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreflecting, wild, wrapped in thought
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| Concept: | Indifference. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
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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).
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| Antonyms: | desire |
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| Concept: | Insensibility. |
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be insensible; have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility; not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for; have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in; nil admirari; not care a straw (unimportance) for; disregard (neglect); set at naught (make light of); turn a deaf ear to (inattention); vegetate., render insensible, render callous; blunt, obtund, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate, stun, stupefy; brutify; brutalize; chloroform; assify., inure; harden the heart; steel, caseharden, sear.
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| Antonyms: | sensibility |
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| Concept: | Slowness. |
| Category: | 2. Degrees of Motion |
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move slowly; creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle (be inactive); grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, claudicate, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire (be late)., retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb; reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail; put on the drag, apply the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed, slacken one's pace; lose ground.
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| Antonyms: | velocity |
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| Concept: | Weariness. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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weary; tire (fatigue); bore; bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole., pall, sicken, nauseate, disgust., harp on the same string; drag its slow length along, drag its weary length along., never hear the last of; be tired of, be tired with; yawn; die with ennui.
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| Antonyms: | amusement |
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| Concept: | Inaction. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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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.
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| Antonyms: | action |
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| Concept: | Inactivity. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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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.
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| Antonyms: | activity |
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| Concept: | [Absence of curiosity] Incuriosity. |
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be incurious; have no curiosity; take no interest in; mind one's own business.
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| Antonyms: | curiosity |
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