Synonyms for indolence
in·do·lence

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1. indolencenoun

   Synonyms:
   indolency

2. indolencenoun

   Habitual laziness or sloth.

   Synonyms:
   indolency

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1. indolence

   Synonyms:
   changeableness, fickleness, idleness, inattention, inconstancy, neglect, negligence, remissness, sloth

   Antonyms:
   application, assiduity, attention, constancy, diligence, effort, exertion, industry, intentness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, persistence, sedulousness

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1. indolence, lazinessnoun

   inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

   Synonyms:
   acedia, laziness, sloth

Matched Categories

1. • Inactiveness

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1. indolencenoun

   Synonyms:
   laziness, slothfulness, sloth, inertness, idleness, sluggishness

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1. indolencenoun

   Synonyms:
   idleness, laziness, indulgence, sloth, inactivity, faineance

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1. List of paraphrases for "indolence":

   inertia

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How to use indolence in a sentence?

1. Mahatma Gandhi:

   Indolence is a delightful but distressing state we must be doing something to be happy.

2. Mahatma Gandhi:

   Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

3. Sir B. Brodie:

   The failure of the mind in old age is often less the results of natural decay, than of disuse. Ambition has ceased to operate; contentment bring indolence, and indolence decay of mental power, ennui, and sometimes death. Men have been known to die, literally speaking, of disease induced by intellectual vacancy.

4. Voltaire:

   You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

5. John Osborne:

   Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.