[responsivevoice]indolent[/responsivevoice] [ in-dl-uhnt ]
The word of the day is ‘indolent’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Lazy
2. Wanting to avoid activity or exertion
3. (of a disease or condition) Causing little or no pain.
4. Sluggish
1. Never give yourself the indolent habit of careless expression.
2. Who knows how indolent you might have become, had you found the prize too easily won
3. In his indolent, rather a selfish way, he was much in love with his wife.
4. None but the frivolous or the indolent will say, “I am too old to learn.”
5. All at once, his mind had become too indolent to do any more thinking
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
drony, easygoing, fainéant, idle, inactive, inert, lackadaisical, languid, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, resting, shiftless, slothful, slow, slow-going, sluggish, torpid lazy, loafing, work-shy, apathetic, lifeless, slow-moving, dull, plodding, slack, remiss, negligent, good-for-nothing, bone idle, otiose etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
active, busy, diligent, energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working, industrious, intent
Quotation:
It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us – dreamers and indolent… It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich – these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.
Mark Twain
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