indolent

in·do·lent (

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nt)

adj.

a. Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy. See Synonyms at lazy.

b. Conducive to inactivity or laziness; lethargic: humid, indolent weather.

a. Causing little or no pain: an indolent tumor.

b. Slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive: an indolent ulcer.

[Late Latin indolns, indolent-, painless : Latin in-, not; see in-¹ + Latin dolns, present participle of dolre, to feel pain.]

indo·lent·ly adv.

indolent [ˈɪndələnt]

adj

1. disliking work or effort; lazy; idle

2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol causing little pain an indolent tumour

3. (Medicine / Pathology) (esp of a painless ulcer) slow to heal

[from Latin indolēns not feeling pain, from in-¹ + dolēns, from dolēre to grieve, cause distress]

indolence n

indolently adv

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Adj.	1.	indolent - disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" faineant, slothful, work-shy, lazy, otiose idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
	2.	indolent - (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease" pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

indolent

adjective lazy, slack, idle, slow, sluggish, inactive, inert, languid, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, torpid, good-for-nothing, workshy, slothful, lumpish, fainéant indolent teenagers who won't lift a finger to help
active, busy, energetic, vigorous, conscientious, diligent, industrious, assiduous

Translations

indolent [ˈɪndələnt] ADJ → indolente

indolent [ˈɪndələnt] adj → indolent(e)

indolent

adj, indolently

adv → träge, indolent (rare)

indolent [ˈɪndələnt] adj → indolente

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assiduous
axial motion
axial rotation
Desidiousness
Dronish
faineant
inactive
indolently
industrious
lackadaisical
lazily
laziness
lazy
leechlike
listless
Lollingly
lotus-eater
otiose
shiftless

So too the poet, in representing men who are irascible or indolent, or have other defects of character, should preserve the type and yet ennoble it.

The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context

I had a loose box, and might have been very comfortable if he had not been too indolent to clean it out.

Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context

Accustomed to ease, and unequal to the struggles incident to an infant society, the affluent emigrant was barely enabled to maintain his own rank by the weight of his personal superiority and acquirements; but, the moment that his head was laid in the grave, his indolent and comparatively uneducated offspring were compelled to yield precedency to the more active energies of a class whose exertions had been stimulated by necessity.

The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

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