Dictionary

indolent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪn.də.lənt/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.

Meanings

1. Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
   • Mr. Churchill has pride; but his pride is nothing to his wife’s: his is a quiet, indolent, gentlemanlike sort of pride that would harm nobody, and only make himself a little helpless and tiresome; but her pride is arrogance and insolence! 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 18:
   • The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
   • […] the obscurities of his text are not due so much to inherent philosophical difficulties as to Lenin's indolent and superficial approach and his contempt for all problems that could not be put to direct use in the struggle for power. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 466:
2. Inducing laziness.
   • indolent comfort
3. Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
4. Healing slowly.

Forms

Deriveds

indolent lesion of epithelial origin · indolently

Relateds

indolence · indolency

Synonyms

work-shy · idle

Translations (55)

fi saamaton (habitually lazy) · ga leasc (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · cs lhostejný (habitually lazy) · tr uyuz (habitually lazy) · pdt ful (habitually lazy) · pt vadio (habitually lazy) · ga sácráilte (habitually lazy) · bg ленив (habitually lazy) · fi veltto (habitually lazy) · bg безболезнен (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · de indolent (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · es indolente (medicine: healing slowly) · de ermüdend (inducing laziness) · ota تنبل (habitually lazy) · cs zahálčivý (habitually lazy) · pl bezbolesny (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · bg мързелив (habitually lazy) · cs lenivý (habitually lazy) · la piger (habitually lazy) · gd leisg (habitually lazy) · fi kivuton (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · cs nebolestivý (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · fi itsepintainen (medicine: healing slowly) · fi indolentti (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · es indolente (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · nl werkschuw (habitually lazy) · fr indolent (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · ru безде́ятельный (habitually lazy) · pt indolente (inducing laziness) · pl leniwy (habitually lazy) · ca indolent (habitually lazy) · ru разне́живающий (inducing laziness) · ru лени́вый (habitually lazy) · de schmerzlos (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · bg бавно заздравяващ (medicine: healing slowly) · pt indolente (habitually lazy) · ru пра́здный (habitually lazy) · de arbeitsscheu (habitually lazy) · ga leasc (medicine: healing slowly) · ru спосо́бствующий пра́здности (inducing laziness) · cs indolentní (habitually lazy) · de faul (habitually lazy) · hu lusta (habitually lazy) · ota هایلاز (habitually lazy) · txb ālase (habitually lazy) · cs líný (habitually lazy) · ru ме́дленно зажива́ющий (medicine: healing slowly) · fr indolent (habitually lazy) · de träge (habitually lazy) · de schmerzfrei (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · no arbeidsky (habitually lazy) · ru безболе́зненный (medicine: causing little or no physical pain) · fi veltostuttava (inducing laziness) · es indolente (habitually lazy) · ru вялотеку́щий (medicine: healing slowly)