'Indolent' definitions:
Definition of 'indolent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy]
adjective
(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
Definition of 'Indolent'
From: GCIDE
- Indolent \In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p. pr. of dolere to feel pain: cf. F. indolent. See Dolorous.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man. [1913 Webster]
- To waste long nights in indolent repose. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor.
- Syn: Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive; inert. See Idle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indolent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambling,
- bone-lazy,
- cadging,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- deliberate,
- dilatory,
- do-nothing,
- doless,
- 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,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- sponging,
- staggering,
- stagnant,
- strolling,
- tentative,
- toddling,
- torpid,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unenterprising,
- unhurried,
- waddling,
- work-shy