Thesaurus / inanition
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The very thought in his estimation perished from inanition and sheer inability of conception!
ISLAM HER MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUEARTHUR GLYN LEONARDDr. Black says, I shall not die of a dropsy, as I imagined, but of inanition and weakness.
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID HUME, VOLUME II (OF 2)JOHN HILL BURTONHe says I shall die of weakness and inanition, and perhaps give little or no warning.
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID HUME, VOLUME II (OF 2)JOHN HILL BURTONFor fuel is the life of modern naval war; it is the food of the ship; without it the modern monsters of the deep die of inanition.
THE INTEREST OF AMERICA IN SEA POWER, PRESENT AND FUTUREA. T. MAHANThe length of time that he sat there was so remarkable as to raise that interval of inanition to the rank of a feat.
A LAODICEANTHOMAS HARDYAt first there was faint cheering; but it sounded like the echo of an echo, and soon died of inanition.
BOB, SON OF BATTLEALFRED OLLIVANTUsed to the sight of famine, he thought inanition would break the spirit without injuring the health.
HOPES AND FEARSCHARLOTTE M. YONGEEngland is full of wealth, of multifarious produce, supply for human want in every kind; yet England is dying of inanition.
PAST AND PRESENTTHOMAS CARLYLEThe condition of England one of the most ominous ever seen in this world: Full of wealth in every kind, yet dying of inanition.
PAST AND PRESENTTHOMAS CARLYLEIf she gets neither of these things the love or friendship never wakes, or, having been aroused, it dies of inanition.
NAME AND FAMEADELINE SERGEANTWORDS RELATED TO INANITION
- apathy
- coma
- disinterest
- disregard
- drowsiness
- dullness
- hebetude
- heedlessness
- idleness
- impassivity
- inaction
- inactivity
- inanition
- indifference
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- insouciance
- languidness
- languor
- lassitude
- leadenness
- listlessness
- passiveness
- phlegm
- sleep
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slowness
- sluggishness
- slumber
- stupor
- supineness
- torpidness
- torpor
- unconcern
- unmindfulness
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