inactivity
Roget category 683
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.1. Simple voluntary action
#683.
Inactivity
noun
inactivity —
inaction
etc.
681 —
inertness
etc.
172 —
obstinacy
etc.
606.
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142 —
quiescence
etc.
265 —
rust,
rustiness.
idleness,
remissness
etc.
adj. —
sloth,
indolence,
indiligence† —
dawdling
etc.
v..
ergophobia†,
otiosity†.
dullness
etc.
adj. —
languor —
segnity†,
segnitude† —
lentor† —
sluggishness
etc.
(slowness)
275 —
procrastination
etc.
(delay)
133 —
torpor,
torpidity,
torpescence† —
stupor
etc.
(insensibility)
823 —
somnolence —
drowsiness
etc.
adj. —
nodding
etc.
v. —
oscitation†,
oscitancy† —
pandiculation†,
hypnotism,
lethargy —
statuvolence heaviness†,
heavy eyelids.
sleep,
slumber —
sound sleep,
heavy sleep,
balmy sleep —
Morpheus —
Somnus —
coma,
trance,
ecstasis†,
dream,
hibernation,
nap,
doze,
snooze,
siesta,
wink of sleep,
forty winks,
snore —
hypnology†.
dull work —
pottering —
relaxation
etc.
(loosening)
47 —
Castle of Indolence.
[Cause of inactivity]
lullaby,
sedative,
tranquilizer,
hypnotic,
sleeping pill,
relaxant,
anaesthetic,
general anaesthetic
etc.
174 —
torpedo.
[person who is inactive]
idler,
drone,
droil†,
dawdle,
mopus† —
do-little faineant [Fr.],
dummy,
sleeping partner —
afternoon farmer —
truant
etc.
(runaway)
623 —
bummer†,
loafer,
goldbrick,
goldbicker,
lounger,
lazzarone [It] —
lubber,
lubbard† —
slow coach
etc.
(slow.)
275 —
opium eater,
lotus eater —
slug —
lag†,
sluggard,
slugabed —
slumberer,
dormouse,
marmot —
waiter on Providence,
fruges consumere natus [Lat.].
verb
be inactive
etc.
adj. —
do nothing
etc.
681 —
move slowly
etc.
275 —
let the grass grow under one's feet —
take one's time,
dawdle,
drawl,
droil†,
lag,
hang back,
slouch —
loll,
lollop† —
lounge,
poke,
loaf,
loiter —
go to sleep over —
sleep at one's post,
ne battre que d'une aile [Fr.].
take it easy,
take things as they come —
lead an easy life,
vegetate,
swim with the stream,
eat the bread of idleness —
loll in the lap of luxury,
loll in the lap of indolence —
waste time,
consume time,
kill time,
lose time —
burn daylight,
waste the precious hours.
idle away time,
trifle away time,
fritter away time,
fool away time —
spend time in,
take time in —
peddle,
piddle —
potter,
pudder†,
dabble,
faddle fribble†,
fiddle-faddle —
dally,
dilly-dally.
sleep,
slumber,
be asleep —
hibernate —
oversleep —
sleep like a top,
sleep like a log,
sleep like a dormouse —
sleep soundly,
heavily —
doze,
drowze†,
snooze,
nap —
take a nap
etc.
n. —
dream —
snore one's best —
settle to sleep,
go to sleep,
go off to sleep —
doze off,
drop off —
fall asleep —
drop asleep —
close the eyes,
seal up the eyes,
seal up eyelids —
weigh down the eyelids —
get sleep,
nod,
yawn —
go to bed,
turn —
get some z's,
stack z's [Coll.].
languish,
expend itself,
flag,
hang fire —
relax.
render idle
etc.
adj. —
sluggardize† —
mitigate
etc.
174.
adjective
inactive —
motionless
etc.
265 —
unoccupied
etc.
(doing nothing)
681 —
unbusied†.
indolent,
lazy,
slothful,
idle,
lusk†,
remiss,
slack,
inert,
torpid,
sluggish,
otiose,
languid,
supine,
heavy,
dull,
leaden,
lumpish† —
exanimate†,
soulless —
listless —
drony†,
dronish† —
lazy as Ludlam's dog.
dilatory,
laggard —
lagging
etc.
v. —
slow
etc.
275 —
rusty,
flagging —
lackadaisical,
maudlin,
fiddle-faddle —
pottering
etc.
v. —
shilly-shally
etc.
(irresolute)
605.
sleeping,
etc.
v. —
asleep —
fast asleep,
dead asleep,
sound asleep —
in a sound sleep —
sound as a top,
dormant,
comatose —
in the arms of Morpheus,
in the lap of Morpheus.
sleepy,
sleepful† —
dozy†,
drowsy,
somnolent,
torpescent†,
lethargic,
lethargical† —
somnifacient† —
statuvolent†,
statuvolic† —
heavy,
heavy with sleep —
napping —
somnific†,
somniferous —
soporous†,
soporific,
soporiferous† —
hypnotic —
balmy,
dreamy —
unawakened,
unawakened.
sedative
etc.
174.
adverb
inactively
etc.
adj. —
at leisure
etc.
685.
phrase
the eyes begin to draw straws —
bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease"
[Dryden];
better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay"
[Tennyson];
idly busy rolls their world away"
[Goldsmith];
the mystery of folded sleep"
[Tennyson];
the timely dew of sleep"
[Milton];
thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep"
[Longfellow];
tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
[Young].
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