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| Main Entry: | inertia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinclination to move; lifelessness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, idleness, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpor, deadness, drowsiness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, oscitancy, paralysis, passivity, torpidity, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | activity, animation, life, liveliness, moving |
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| Main Entry: | inertia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | doldrums |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | apathy, blue funk, blues*, boredom, bummer*, dejection, downer, dullness, dumps*, ennui, funk*, gloom, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn*, black mood, blahs, disinterest, dismals, inactivity, mopes |
| Antonyms: | elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, inaction |
| Synonyms: | dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating |
| Antonyms: | action, ambition, busyness, diligence, employment, hustle, industry, labor, occupation, work |
| Main Entry: | indifference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of feeling, interest |
| Synonyms: | alienation, apathy, carelessness, cold shoulder*, coolness, detachment, disdain, disregard, equity, immunity, impartiality, inattention, inertia, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, objectivity, stoicism, torpor, unconcern, aloofness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, coldness, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, heedlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensitivity, insouciance, isolationism, noninterference, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | compassion, concern, feeling, interest, involvement, regard, sympathy, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwillingness to work, be active |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, heaviness, idleness, indolence, inertia, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, tardiness, weariness, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, faineance, faineancy, inactivity, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, neglectfulness, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, slothfulness, stolidity, supineness, torpescence, torpidness |
| Antonyms: | activity, diligence, hard work, industry, liveliness, industriousness |
| Main Entry: | lethargy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, sluggishness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, coma, disregard, dullness, idleness, inaction, indifference, indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, listlessness, passiveness, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, slumber, stupor, torpor, unconcern, disinterest, drowsiness, hebetude, heedlessness, impassivity, inactivity, inanition, inertness, insouciance, phlegm, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | activity, energy, life, liveliness, vigor, vitality, vivacity, busyness, vivaciousness |
| Main Entry: | run-around |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | avoidance |
| Synonyms: | delay, detour, difficulty, diversion, escape, evasion, inertia, postponement, roundabout, come-off, elusion, escaping, eschewal, shunning |
| Antonyms: | challenge, facing, meeting |
| Main Entry: | sloth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness |
| Synonyms: | idleness, indolence, inertia, lethargy, listlessness, slowness, sluggishness, do-nothingness, inactivity, lackadaisicalness, languidness, laxness, slackness, slothfulness, supineness |
| Main Entry: | stupor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daze, unconsciousness |
| Synonyms: | amazement, anesthesia, apathy, bewilderment, coma, dullness, inertia, insensibility, languor, lassitude, lethargy, numbness, sleep, slumber, stupefaction, suspended animation, swoon, torpor, trance, asphyxia, fainting, hebetude, hypnosis, inertness, narcosis, petrifaction, somnolence, sopor, swooning |
| Antonyms: | consciousness, sensibility |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace, quiet; lack of difficulty |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bed of roses*, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inertia, leisure, luxury, peace of mind*, prosperity, relaxation, repose, rest, satisfaction, security, serenity, tranquility, ataraxia, inactivity, inertness, passivity, quietness, quietude, requiescence, restfulness, supinity |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, disquiet, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, excitableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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