About The Word Indolent
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Indolent
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What's The Definition Of Indolent?
[adj] (pathology) of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
[adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Indolent: faineant | idle | inactive | lazy | otiose | slothful | work-shy Related Terms | Find terms related to Indolent: ambling | bone-lazy | cadging | cautious | circumspect | claudicant | crawling | creeping | creeping like snail | deliberate | dilatory | doless | do-nothing | dronish | drony | easy | easygoing | ergophobic | faineant | faltering | flagging | foot-dragging | gentle | good-for-nothing | gradual | halting | hobbled | hobbling | idle | inactive | inert | laggard | languid | languorous | lax | lazy | lazybones | lazyboots | lazylegs | leisurely | lethargic | lie-abed | limping | listless | lumbering | moderate | nonaggressive | parasitic | poking | poky | procrastinative | relaxed | reluctant | remiss | sauntering | scrounging | shiftless | shuffling | slack | slothful | slow | slow as death | slow as molasses | slow as slow | slow-crawling | slow-foot | slow-going | slow-legged | slow-moving | slow-paced | slow-poky | slow-running | slow-sailing | slow-stepped | slugabed | sluggish | snaillike | snail-paced | sponging | staggering | stagnant | strolling | tentative | toddling | torpid | tortoiselike | tottering | trudging | turtlelike | unenterprising | unhurried | waddling | work-shy See Also | Indolent In Webster's Dictionary \In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p.
pr. of dolere to feel pain: cf. F. indolent. See {Dolorous}.]
1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.]
2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually
idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.
To waste long nights in indolent repose. --Pope.
3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an
indolent tumor.
Syn: Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive;
inert. See {Idle}.
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