Definitions for languid

languid lan·guid

Spelling: [lang-gwid]
IPA: /ˈlæŋ gwɪd/

Languid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in languid (adgilnu).

Definitions for languid

adjective

  1. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow:
  2. lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.
  3. drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint.

Origin of languid

First recorded in 1590-1600, languid is from the Latin word languidus faint. See languish, -id4

Examples for languid

All night long they struggle;  nobody knows the name  of the harsh light that keeps slowly opening  like a languid fruit.

Though his motion was languid, the ball seemed to explode off his fingertips, to gather speed as it crossed the diamond.

He was more finely bred than any American she had met, with his bone-china accent, willowy height and languid wit.

By that he means, and I soon discovered, that the pacing is languid and perfectly in keeping with real police procedure.

In or out of uniform his motion is languid, his voice relaxed and mellifluous, his movements deliberate, confident.

She lifted a deep, languid glance upon me and shook her head.

With a languid movement she eked out the thought that was in her.

Her applause was not languid applause, neither was it without discrimination.

But this languid century was to close with a tremendous explosion.

Mrs. Beaufort, languid and afflicted with headache, said little.

Word Value for languid
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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