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, indolence

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. 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.

2. Mahatma Gandhi:

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

3. John Osborne:

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

4. Mahatma Gandhi:

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

5. Jean de la Bruyere:

   Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy.