N. smallness, littleness,
tenuity,
paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance) 643,
mediocrity,
moderation, small quantity,
modicum, trace,
hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point,
atom, particle, molecule,
corpuscle, point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace,
minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon,
dab,
dight,
whit,
tittle, shade, shadow,
spark,
scintilla,
gleam, touch, cast, grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice, drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture, inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet,
flitter,
gobbet,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb, seed,
fritter,
shive,
snip,
snippet,
snick,
snack,
snatch, slip,
scrag,
chip,
chipping,
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping, paring,
shaving, hair,
nutshell,
thimbleful,
spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean,
animalcule,
trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity
V. be small, lie in a nutshell, diminish, (contract) 195
Adj. small, little,
diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable,
paltry,
faint, slender, light, slight, scanty,
scant, limited,
meager,
sparing, few, low,
so-so, middling,
tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb,
halfway, moderate, modest, tender,
subtle,
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic, very small,
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer,
stark, bare, near run,
dull, petty, shallow,
stolid, ungifted, unintelligent
Adv. to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly,
imperceptibly,
miserably,
wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly,
faintly,
passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly,
well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about,
thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand
Phr. dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, "small sands the mountain, moments make the year", quantity by comparison with a similar object
N. weakness,
debility,
atony,
relaxation,
languor,
enervation,
impotence,
infirmity,
effeminacy,
feminality,
fragility,
flaccidity, inactivity,
anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood, declension of strength, loss of strength, failure of strength, delicacy,
invalidation,
decrepitude,
asthenia,
adynamy,
cachexy,
cachexia,
sprain, strain, reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards,
softling,
weakling, infant, youth
V. be weak, drop,
crumble, give way,
totter,
tremble,
shake,
halt,
limp,
fade,
languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave, render weak,
weaken,
enfeeble,
debilitate,
shake, deprive of strength,
relax,
enervate,
eviscerate,
unbrace, unnerve,
cripple, unman,
cramp, reduce,
sprain, strain, blunt the edge of,
dilute,
impoverish,
decimate,
extenuate, reduce in strength, reduce the strength of, mettre de l'eau dans son vin
Adj. weak, feeble, debile|,
impotent,
relaxed, unnerved,
&c. v,
sapless, strengthless, powerless, weakly, unstrung,
flaccid,
adynamic,
asthenic, nervous, soft,
effeminate,
feminate, womanly,
frail,
fragile,
shattery,
flimsy, unsubstantial, insubstantial,
gimcrack,
gingerbread,
rickety, creaky,
creaking,
cranky, craichy,
drooping,
tottering, broken,
lame,
withered,
shattered,
shaken,
crazy,
shaky,
palsied,
decrepit,
languid, poor, infirm,
faint,
faintish, sickly,
dull,
slack, evanid|, spent,
short-winded,
effete,
weather-beaten, decayed,
rotten, worn,
seedy,
languishing, wasted,
washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear, unstrengthened, unsupported, unaided, unassisted, aidless,
defenseless, cantilevered (support) 215, on its last legs, weak as a child, weak as a baby, weak as a chicken, weak as a cat, weak as a rat, weak as water, weak as water gruel, weak as gingerbread, weak as milk and water, colorless
Phr. non sum qualis eram, 3, power in operation
N. inertness, dullness,
inertia, # vis inertiae,
inertion, inactivity,
torpor,
languor,
quiescence,
latency, inaction,
passivity, mental inertness,
sloth,
inexcitability,
irresolution,
obstinacy,
permanence, rare gas,
paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity
Adj. inert, inactive, passive,
torpid,
sluggish,
dull, heavy, flat,
slack,
tame, slow,
blunt, unreactive, lifeless, dead, uninfluential,
latent,
dormant,
smoldering, unexerted
Adv. inactively, in suspense, in abeyance
N. moderation,
lenity, temperateness, gentleness,
sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating,
anaphrodisia,
relaxation, remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization,
assuagement, contemporation,
pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ἄριστον μέτρον,
moderator,
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum,
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora", wet blanket,
palliative V. be -moderate, keep within bounds, keep within compass, sober down, settle down, keep the peace,
remit, relent, take in sail, moderate,
soften,
mitigate, temper, accoy|,
attemper,
contemper,
mollify,
lenify,
dulcify,
dull, take off the edge,
blunt,
obtund,
sheathe,
subdue,
chasten, sober down, tone down, smooth down,
weaken,
lessen, check palliate,
tranquilize,
pacify,
assuage,
appease,
swag,
lull,
soothe,
compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet,
hush,
quell,
sober,
pacify,
tame, damp, lay,
allay,
rebate,
slacken, smooth,
alleviate, rock to sleep,
deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off,
slake,
curb,
tame, smooth over, pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin, go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,"
Adj. moderate,
lenient, gentle, mild,
mellow, cool,
sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm,
unruffled, quiet,
tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled,
tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific,
halcyon, unexciting,
unirritating, soft,
bland,
oily,
demulcent,
lenitive,
anodyne,
hypnotic,
sedative,
antiorgastic,
anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water
Adv. moderately,
gingerly,
piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason
Phr. est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters, 4, indirect power
V. be blunt, render blunt,
obtund,
dull, take off the point, take off the edge, turn
N. insensibility, physical insensibility,
obtuseness,
palsy,
paralysis, paraesthesia,
anaesthesia, sleep,
hemiplegia, motor paralysis, vegetable state,
coma, anaesthetic agent, opium, ether,
chloroform,
chloral, nitrous oxide, laughing gas, exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen,
refrigeration V. be insensible, have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide, render insensible,
anaesthetize,
blunt,
pall,
obtund,
benumb,
paralyze, put under the influence of chloroform,
stupefy,
stun Adj. insensible, unfeeling, senseless,
impercipient,
callous,
thick-skinned,
pachydermatous, hard,
hardened, case hardened, proof,
obtuse,
dull,
anaesthetic,
comatose,
paralytic,
palsied,
numb, dead
N. faintness, faint sound,
whisper, breath, undertone, underbreath,
murmur,
hum,
susurration,
tinkle, "still small voice." hoarseness,
raucity V. whisper,
breathe,
murmur,
purl,
hum,
gurgle,
ripple,
babble, flow,
tinkle,
mutter, susurrate, steal on the ear, melt in the air, float on the air
Adj. inaudible, scarcely audible, just audible, low,
dull,
stifled,
muffled,
hoarse,
husky, gentle, soft,
faint, floating,
purling, flowing,
whispered, liquid,
soothing,
dulcet,
susurrant,
susurrous Adv. in a whisper, with bated breath,
sotto voce, between the teeth, aside,
piano,
pianissimo, d la sourdine, out of earshot inaudibly, (ii) specific sounds
N. dimness, darkness, paleness &c. # (light color) 429, half light, demi-jour, partial shadow, partial eclipse, shadow of a shade,
glimmer, gliming,
nebulosity, cloud,
eclipse,
aurora,
dusk,
twilight, shades of evening,
crepuscule, cockshut time|, break of day,
daybreak,
dawn,
moonlight,
moonbeam,
moonglade,
moonshine,
starlight, owl's light,
candlelight,
rushlight, firelight, farthing candle
V. be dim, grow dim,
flicker,
twinkle,
glimmer,
loom, lower,
fade, pale, pale its ineffectual fire, render dim,
dim,
bedim, obscure,
darken, tone down
Adj. dim,
dull,
lackluster,
dingy,
darkish, shorn of its beams, dark 421,
faint, shadowed forth,
glassy,
cloudy,
misty,
blear, muggy|,
fuliginous,
nebulous,
nebular, obnubilated, overcast,
crepuscular,
muddy,
lurid,
leaden,
dun,
dirty,
looming, pale, confused
N. achromatism,
decoloration,
discoloration,
pallor,
pallidness,
pallidity, paleness,
etiolation, neutral tint,
monochrome, black and white
V. lose color,
fade, fly, go, become colorless, turn pale, pale, deprive of color,
decolorize,
bleach,
tarnish,
achromatize,
blanch,
etiolate, wash out, tone down
Adj. uncolored &c. (see color ), colorless,
achromatic,
aplanatic,
etiolate,
etiolated,
hueless, pale,
pallid, palefaced,
tallow-faced,
faint,
dull, cold,
muddy,
leaden,
dun,
wan,
sallow, dead,
dingy,
ashy,
ashen,
ghastly,
cadaverous,
glassy,
lackluster, discolored, light-colored, fair,
blond, white, pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse
N. want of -intelligence, want of - intellect, shadowness,
silliness,
foolishness,
imbecility, incapacity, vacancy of mind, poverty of intellect, weakness of intellect, clouded perception, poor head, apartments to let,
stupidity,
stolidity,
hebetude, dull understanding, meanest capacity, shortsightedness,
incompetence, one's weak side, not one's strong point,
bias,
infatuation, simplicity,
puerility,
babyhood,
dotage,
anility, second childishness,
fatuity,
idiocy,
idiotism,
driveling, folly,
frivolity,
irrationality, trifling,
ineptitude,
nugacity,
inconsistency, lip wisdom,
conceit,
sophistry,
giddiness,
eccentricity,
extravagance,
rashness, act of folly, b, be - imbecile, have no -brains, have no sense,
trifle,
drivel, radoter,
dote,
ramble, play the fool, play the monkey, monkey around, fool around, take leave of one's senses (insanity) 503, not see an inch beyond one's nose, stultify oneself, talk nonsense
Adj. unintelligent, unintellectual, unreasoning, mindless, witless, reasoningless, brainless, halfbaked, having no head, not -bright,
inapprehensible, weak headed, addle headed, puzzle headed, blunder headed, muddle headed, muddy headed, pig headed, beetle headed, buffle headed, chuckle headed, mutton headed, maggoty headed, grossheaded, beef headed, fat witted, fat-headed,
weak-minded,
feeble-minded, dull minded, shallow minded, lack-brained,
rattle-brained, rattle headed, half witted, lean witted, short witted, dull witted,
blunt-witted,
shallow-pated, clod-pated, addle- pated,
dim-sighted, short-sighted,
thick-skulled, weak in the upper story, shallow, borne, weak, wanting, soft,
sappy,
spoony,
dull, dull as a beetle,
stupid, heavy,
insulse,
obtuse,
blunt,
stolid,
doltish,
asinine, inapt,
prosaic, hebetudinous,
childish, child-like,
infantine,
infantile,
babyish,
babish,
puerile,
anile, simple,
old-womanish,
fatuous,
idiotic,
imbecile,
driveling,
blatant,
babbling,
vacant,
sottish,
bewildered,
blockish, unteachable boeotian, boeotic,
bovine, ungifted,
undiscerning,
unenlightened, unwise, unphilosophical,
apish, simious,
foolish,
silly, senseless,
irrational,
insensate,
nonsensical,
inept,
maudlin,
narrow-minded,
bigoted,
giddy,
rash,
eccentric,
foolish, unwise,
injudicious, improper, unreasonable, without reason,
ridiculous,
absurd,
idiotic,
silly,
stupid,
asinine, ill-imagined, ill-advised,
ill-judged, ill-devised, mal entendu, inconsistent,
irrational, unphilosophical,
extravagant,
sleeveless, idle, pointless, useless, inexpedient,
frivolous Phr. davus sum non, "a fool's bolt is soon shot" clitellae bovi sunt impositae, "fools rush in where angels fear to tread", il n' a ni bouche ni eperon, "the bookful blockhead, ignorantly read", "to varnish nonsense with the charms of sound"
N. inactivity, inaction,
inertness,
obstinacy,
lull,
quiescence,
rust,
rustiness, idleness, remissness,
sloth,
indolence,
indiligence,
dawdling, ergophobia,
otiosity, dullness,
languor, segnity|, segnitude|,
lentor,
sluggishness,
procrastination,
torpor,
torpidity,
torpescence,
stupor,
somnolence,
drowsiness,
nodding,
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, castle of indolence,
lullaby,
sedative,
tranquilizer,
hypnotic, sleeping pill,
relaxant,
anaesthetic, general anaesthetic,
torpedo, idler,
drone,
droil,
dawdle,
mopus, do-little faineant,
dummy, sleeping partner, afternoon farmer, truant : bummer|,
loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker,
lounger, lazzarone,
lubber,
lubbard, slow coach, opium eater, lotus eater,
slug, lag|,
sluggard,
slugabed,
slumberer,
dormouse,
marmot, waiter on providence, fruges consumere natus
V. be inactive, do nothing, move slowly, 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, 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, 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,
languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire,
relax, render idle,
sluggardize,
mitigate Adj. inactive, motionless, unoccupied 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, slow,
rusty,
flagging,
lackadaisical,
maudlin,
fiddle-faddle,
pottering,
shilly-shally, sleeping,
&c. 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 Adv. inactively, at leisure
Phr. the eyes begin to draw straws, "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease", "better 50 years of europe than a cycle of cathay", "idly busy rolls their world away", "the mystery of folded sleep", "the timely dew of sleep", "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep", "tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
N. insensibility, insensibleness, moral insensibility,
inertness,
inertia, vis inertiae,
impassibility,
impassibleness,
inappetency,
apathy,
phlegm, dullness,
hebetude,
supineness,
lukewarmness, cold fit, cold blood, cold heart, coldness, coolness,
frigidity, sang froid,
stoicism,
imperturbation,
nonchalance,
unconcern, dry eyes,
insouciance,
recklessness,
callousness, heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness,
torpor,
torpidity, obstupefaction|,
lethargy,
coma,
trance, vegetative state, sleep, suspended animation,
stupor,
stupefaction,
paralysis,
palsy,
numbness,
neutrality,
quietism, vegetation
V. be insensible, have a rhinoceros hide, show insensibility, not mind, not care, not be affected by, have no desire for, have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in, nil admirari, not care a straw for, disregard, set at naught, turn a deaf ear to,
vegetate, render insensible, render callous,
blunt,
obtund,
numb,
benumb,
paralyze,
deaden,
hebetate,
stun,
stupefy,
brutify,
brutalize,
chloroform,
anaesthetize, put under, assify,
inure, harden the heart, steel,
caseharden,
sear Adj. insensible, unconscious, impassive, impassible, blind to, deaf to, dead to,
unsusceptible,
insusceptible, unimpressionable, unimpressible, passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless, unfeeling, unmoral,
apathetic, leuco-|,
phlegmatic,
dull,
frigid, cold blooded, cold hearted, cold as charity, flat,
maudlin,
obtuse,
inert,
supine,
sluggish,
torpid,
torpedinous,
torporific,
sleepy,
languid,
half-hearted,
tame,
numbed,
comatose,
anaesthetic,
stupefied,
chloroformed,
drugged, stoned, palsy-stricken, indifferent,
lukewarm, careless, mindless, regardless,
inattentive, neglectful, disregarding, unconcerned,
nonchalant,
pococurante,
insouciant, sans souci, unambitious, unaffected,
unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved,
unstirred, untouched,
unshocked, unstruck,
unblushing,
unanimated,
vegetative,
callous,
thick-skinned, hard-nosed,
pachydermatous,
impervious,
hardened,
inured,
casehardened, steeled against, proof against,
imperturbable, unfelt
Adv. insensibly, aequo animo, without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed, in cold blood, with dry eyes, with withers unwrung
Phr. never mind, macht nichts, it is of no consequence, it cannot be helped, nothing coming amiss, it is all the same to, it is all one to
N. dejection,
dejectedness, depression, prosternation|, lowness of spirits, depression of spirits, weight on the spirits, oppression on the spirits, damp on the spirits, low spirits, bad spirits, drooping spirits, depressed spirits, heart sinking, heaviness of heart, failure of heart,
heaviness,
infestivity,
gloom,
weariness, taedium vitae, disgust of life, mal du pays, anhedonia,
melancholy,
sadness, il penseroso,
melancholia, dismals, blues, lachrymals,
mumps, dumps, blue devils,
doldrums, vapors, megrims,
spleen, horrors,
hypochondriasis,
pessimism, la maladie sans maladie,
despondency, slough of despond,
disconsolateness, hope deferred, blank despondency, voiceless woe, prostration of soul, broken heart,
despair, cave of despair, cave of trophonius demureness, gravity,
solemnity, long face, grave face,
hypochondriac, seek sorrow,
self-tormentor, heautontimorumenos, malade imaginaire, medecin tant pis,
croaker,
pessimist,
mope,
mopus,
affliction, sorry sight, memento mori, damper, wet blanket, job's comforter
V. be dejected,
grieve,
mourn, take on, give way, lose heart,
despond,
droop, sink, lower, look downcast,
frown,
pout, hang down the head, pull a long face, make a long face, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, grin a ghastly smile, look blue, look like a drowned man, lay to heart, take to heart,
mope, brood over,
fret,
sulk, pine, pine away,
yearn, repine,
despair, refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance, be grave, look grave, repress a smile,
depress, discourage,
dishearten,
dispirit, damp,
dull,
deject, lower, sink,
dash, knock down, unman,
prostrate, break one's heart, frown upon, cast a gloom, cast a shade on,
sadden, damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes, weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits, damp the spirits, depress the spirits
Adj. cheerless, joyless, spiritless,
uncheerful,
uncheery, unlively, unhappy,
melancholy,
dismal,
somber, dark,
gloomy,
triste, clouded,
murky, lowering,
frowning,
lugubrious,
funereal,
mournful,
lamentable,
dreadful,
dreary, flat,
dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater,
depressing, "melancholy as a gib cat", oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy,
downcast,
downhearted, down in the mouth, down in one's luck, heavy-hearted, in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums, in doleful dumps, in bad humor,
sullen,
mumpish,
dumpish,
mopish,
moping,
moody,
glum,
sulky, out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits, ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low,
weary, discouraged,
disheartened,
desponding,
chapfallen,
chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen,
sad,
pensive, penseroso, tristful,
dolesome,
doleful, woebegone,
lacrymose,
lachrymose, in tears,
melancholic, hypped,
hypochondriacal,
bilious,
jaundiced,
atrabilious,
saturnine,
splenetic,
lackadaisical, serious,
sedate,
staid, stayed, grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot,
sober, sober as a judge, solemn,
demure,
grim,
grim-faced,
grim-visaged,
rueful,
wan, long-faced,
disconsolate, unconsolable,
inconsolable,
forlorn, comfortless,
desolate, desole, sick at heart, soul sick, heart sick, au desespoir, in despair, lost, overcome, broken down, borne down, bowed down,
heartstricken, cut up,
dashed, sunk, unnerved,
unmanned, down fallen,
downtrodden,
broken-hearted,
careworn Adv. with a long face, with tears in one's eyes,
sadly Phr. the countenance falling, the heart failing, the heart sinking within one, "a plague of sighing and grief", "thick-ey'd musing and curs'd melancholy", "the sickening pang of hope deferred"
N. weariness, defatigation|,
lassitude,
drowsiness,
disgust,
nausea,
loathing, sickness,
satiety, taedium vitae,
boredom,
ennui,
wearisomeness, tediousness, dull work,
tedium,
monotony, twice-told tale, bore, buttonholer, proser, wet blanket, pill*, stiff*, heavy hours, "the enemy"
V. weary,
tire, bore, bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience, set to sleep, send to sleep,
buttonhole,
pall,
sicken,
nauseate,
disgust, harp on the same string, drag its slow length along, drag its weary length along, never hear the last of, be tired of, be sick of, be tired with,
yawn, die with ennui, mego, my eyes glaze over
Adj. wearying, wearing,
wearisome,
tiresome,
irksome, uninteresting,
stupid,
bald, devoid of interest, dry,
monotonous,
dull,
arid,
tedious,
humdrum,
mortal, flat,
prosy, prosing, slow,
soporific,
somniferous,
disgusting, unenjoyed,
weary,
tired,
drowsy, uninterested,
flagging, used up, worn out,
blase,
life-weary, weary of life, sick of
Phr. time hanging heavily on one's hands, toujours perdrix, crambe repetita
