Word for the Day — Lassitude

  • Noun:
    1. a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.
    2. a condition of listlessness
  • Synonyms:
    1. burnout
    2. collapse
    3. exhaustion,
    4. frazzle
    5. prostration
    6. tiredness
    7. weariness
  • Usage:
    1. “He had returned to prison, this time for having done right; he had quaffed fresh bitterness; disgust and lassitude were overpowering him; even the memory of the Bishop probably suffered a temporary eclipse, though sure to reappear later on luminous and triumphant.”
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables

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