languorous.

Marked by relaxed, dreamy weariness or slow ease.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• languorous movement
• languorous afternoon

On the page

A languorous movement shifted the curtain.

They passed a languorous afternoon beneath the awning.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more languorous; superlative most languorous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.