indolent
Collocations
3ADJ.
quiet
INDOLENT + NOUN
gentlemanlike, girl, man, youth
ADV.
rather
Definitions
adj
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
Mr. Churchill has pride; but his pride is nothing to his wife’s: his is a quiet, indolent, gentlemanlike sort of pride that would harm nobody, and only make himself a little helpless and tiresome; but her pride is arrogance and insolence!
Inducing laziness.
indolent comfort
Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
Healing slowly.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
WiktionaryMr. Churchill has pride; but his pride is nothing to his wife’s: his is a quiet, indolent, gentlemanlike sort of pride that would harm nobody, and only make himself a little helpless and tiresome; but
Wiktionaryindolent comfort
WiktionaryHe was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards.
Tatoeba · #837432Indolent youth creates a begging old age.
Tatoeba · #11028993"We are not hangmen to torture a prisoner till he confesses," observed some one in a quiet and rather indolent tone.
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