Definitions for indolent
ˈɪn dl əntin·do·lent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

2. indolentadjective

   (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless

   "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indolentadjective

   Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.

   The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.

2. indolentadjective

   Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort).

3. indolentadjective

   Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).

4. indolentadjective

   Healing slowly.

5. Etymology: From indolentem, from in- + dolens

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INDOLENTadjective

   1.Free from pain. Robert Ainsworth

   Etymology: French.

   2. Careless; lazy; inattentive; listless.

   Ill fits a chief
   To waste long nights in indolent repose. Alexander Pope, Iliad.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indolentadjective

   free from toil, pain, or trouble

2. Indolentadjective

   indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man

3. Indolentadjective

   causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of indolent in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of indolent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of indolent in a Sentence

1. Victor Cousin:

   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.

2. Victor Cousin:

   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.

3. European MP Duda:

   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.

4. Pliny the Younger:

   That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

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