Hebetude

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hebetude \Heb"e*tude\, n. [L. hebetudo.]
     Dullness; stupidity. --Harvey.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hebetude
       n : mental lethargy or dullness

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  109 Moby Thesaurus words for "hebetude":
     acedia, aloofness, apathy, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy,
     benumbedness, blah, blahs, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness,
     boredom, bovinity, cloddishness, coma, comatoseness, crassness,
     crudeness, denseness, density, detachment, dim-wittedness, dimness,
     disinterest, dispassion, doltishness, drowsiness, dull-wittedness,
     dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, enervation, ennui,
     fatigue, grossness, heartlessness, heaviness, hopelessness,
     inanimation, inappetence, indifference, insouciance, jadedness,
     lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment,
     languor, languorousness, lassitude, lenitude, lentor,
     lethargicalness, lethargy, lifelessness, listlessness, loutishness,
     lumpishness, ninnyism, nonchalance, numbness, oafdom, oafishness,
     obtuseness, opacity, oscitancy, passiveness, passivity, phlegm,
     phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, resignation,
     resignedness, satedness, simpletonianism, sleep, sleepiness, sloth,
     slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, somnolence, sopor,
     soporifousness, sottishness, spiritlessness, spunklessness,
     stolidity, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor, supineness,
     thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, torpidity, torpidness,
     torpitude, torpor, unconcern, unteachability, weariness,
     withdrawnness, world-weariness, wrongheadedness, yokelism