A state of physical and/or mental weakness and a lack of vigor.
Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.
1 He dropped his pen in sudden listlessness , crossed aimlessly to the window.
2 Hildegard submitted with demure listlessness , and soon re-appeared in her walking costume.
3 Next to madness occur the different stages of spleen, dejection and listlessness .
4 So he worked on, no longer in listlessness , but with contemptuous amusement.
5 The childish expression left the girl's eyes, the listlessness left her attitude.
6 She seized his arm and he saw that her listlessness was gone.
7 Presently his cheerful listlessness changed sharply to an attitude of vexed attention.
8 His whole body had a strange aspect of listlessness , almost of feebleness.
9 On the first evening, after an hour of listlessness , Max hesitatingly asked:-
10 A listlessness had come upon me, and I obeyed the pointing finger.
11 The same faces saying the same things breeds a sort of listlessness .
12 Her listlessness fell from, her like a mantle, and she watched, motionless!
13 It came on gradually, in a kind of listlessness and want of appetite.
14 The heat seemed to engender a sort of listlessness over the entire place.
15 The poignant pain of the past hours had changed to an overwhelming listlessness .
16 Awakening at noon the listlessness was gone, and she felt stronger.
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