What does indolent mean?
Definitions for indolent
ˈɪn dl əntin·do·lent
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Princeton's WordNet
faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shyadjective
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"
indolentadjective
(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
"an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
Wiktionary
indolentadjective
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.
The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
indolentadjective
Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort).
indolentadjective
Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
indolentadjective
Healing slowly.
Etymology: From indolentem, from in- + dolens
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
INDOLENTadjective
1.Free from pain. Robert Ainsworth
Etymology: French.
Ill fits a chief
To waste long nights in indolent repose. Alexander Pope, Iliad.
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indolent
Indolent generally refers to a person who is lazy, inactive, or avoids exertion. It can also be used to describe a condition or illness that causes little or no pain or progresses slowly.
Webster Dictionary
Indolentadjective
free from toil, pain, or trouble
Indolentadjective
indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man
Indolentadjective
causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Indolent
in′dō-lent, adj. indisposed to activity.—ns. In′dolence, In′dolency.—adv. In′dolently. [L. in, not, dolens, -entis, pr.p. of dolēre, to suffer pain.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of indolent in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of indolent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of indolent in a Sentence
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things, that the indolent man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the economist, the imprudent and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things, that the indolent man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the economist, the imprudent and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.
That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.
Perhaps these years have been good, but only for a narrow group, yes, it's time for change, time to end this sluggish, indolent presidency.
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- indolentCatalan, Valencian
- lhostejný, líný, indolentní, nebolestivýCzech
- indolentDanish
- νωχελικόςGreek
- indolenteSpanish
- تنبلPersian
- saamaton, veltto, veltostuttava, itsepintainen, kivuton, indolenttiFinnish
- indolentFrench
- sácráilteIrish
- leisgScottish Gaelic
- 나태한Korean
- segnisLatin
- indolentDutch
- leniwyPolish
- безболе́зненный, вялотеку́щий, бездеятельный, [[способствовать, [[медленно]] [[заживать, ленивый, праздный, разнеживающийRussian
- indolentSwedish
- טרויעריקYiddish
- 懒惰Chinese
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