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Definition of hebetude in English: hebetudenoun ˈhɛbɪtjuːdˈhɛbəˌt(j)ud mass nounliterary The state of being dull or lethargic. 〈诗/文〉迟钝；无精打采 after convalescence I would probably fall back into hebetude Example sentencesExamples - So you think you are saving yourselves from madness, but you are falling into mediocrity, into hebetude.
- There is a partial insensibility of the skin, and so great a hebetude of the intellectual faculties, as to be like a person half asleep, that is with difficulty aroused and kept awake.
- It had only been twenty minutes into the lesson when Jenny soon found herself being pulled into an inescapable state of hebetude.
- The inept mayor's re-election would depend entirely on the hebetude of the townspeople, he thought.
- As the professor droned on and on in the overheated lecture hall, Kim was overcome with such hebetude that she had to fight to keep her eyes open.
Synonyms lethargy, inertia, listlessness, lack of energy, lifelessness, inactivity, inaction, slowness, languor, languidness, torpor, torpidity, dullness, heaviness, apathy, passivity, weariness, tiredness, lassitude, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, enervation, somnolence, laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, slothfulness
OriginEarly 17th century: from late Latin hebetudo, from hebes, hebet- 'blunt'. Definition of hebetude in US English: hebetudenounˈhebəˌt(y)o͞odˈhɛbəˌt(j)ud literary The state of being dull or lethargic. 〈诗/文〉迟钝；无精打采 after convalescence I would probably fall back into hebetude Example sentencesExamples - As the professor droned on and on in the overheated lecture hall, Kim was overcome with such hebetude that she had to fight to keep her eyes open.
- So you think you are saving yourselves from madness, but you are falling into mediocrity, into hebetude.
- The inept mayor's re-election would depend entirely on the hebetude of the townspeople, he thought.
- There is a partial insensibility of the skin, and so great a hebetude of the intellectual faculties, as to be like a person half asleep, that is with difficulty aroused and kept awake.
- It had only been twenty minutes into the lesson when Jenny soon found herself being pulled into an inescapable state of hebetude.
Synonyms lethargy, inertia, listlessness, lack of energy, lifelessness, inactivity, inaction, slowness, languor, languidness, torpor, torpidity, dullness, heaviness, apathy, passivity, weariness, tiredness, lassitude, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, enervation, somnolence, laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, slothfulness
OriginEarly 17th century: from late Latin hebetudo, from hebes, hebet- ‘blunt’. |