Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

obstinacy &c 606. lull &c (cessation) 142; quiescence &c 265; rust, rustiness. idleness, remissness &c adj.; sloth, indolence, indiligence†; dawdling &c v.. ergophobia†, otiosity†. dullness &c adj.; languor; segnity†, segnitude†; lentor†; sluggishness &c (slowness) 275; procrastination &c (delay) 133; torpor, torpidity, torpescence†; stupor &c (insensibility) 823; somnolence; drowsiness &c adj.; nodding &c v.; oscitation†, oscitancy†; pandiculation†, hypnotism, lethargy; statuvolence heaviness†, heavy eyelids. sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis†, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology†. dull work; pottering; relaxation &c (loosening) 47; Castle of Indolence. [Cause of inactivity] lullaby, sedative, tranquilizer, hypnotic, sleeping pill, relaxant, anaesthetic, general anaesthetic &c 174; torpedo. [person who is inactive] idler, drone, droil†, dawdle, mopus†; do- little faineant [Fr.], dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant &c (runaway) 623; bummer†, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone [It]; lubber, lubbard†; slow coach &c (slow.) 275; opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag†, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus [Lat.]. V. be inactive &c adj.; do nothing &c 681; move slowly &c 275; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil†, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop†; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile [Fr.]. take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours. idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time; spend time in, take time in; peddle, piddle; potter, pudder†, dabble, faddle fribble†, fiddle-faddle; dally, dilly-dally. sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze†, snooze, nap; take a nap &c n.; dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's [Coll.]. languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire; relax. render idle &c adj.; sluggardize†; mitigate &c 174. Adj. inactive; motionless &c 265; unoccupied &c (doing nothing) 681; unbusied†. indolent, lazy, slothful, idle, lusk†, remiss, slack, inert, torpid, sluggish, otiose, languid, supine, heavy, dull, leaden, lumpish†; exanimate†, soulless; listless; drony†, dronish†; lazy as Ludlam's dog. dilatory, laggard; lagging &c v.; slow &c 275; rusty, flagging; lackadaisical, maudlin, fiddle-faddle; pottering &c v.; shilly-shally &c (irresolute) 605. sleeping, &c v.; asleep; fast asleep, dead asleep, sound asleep; in a sound sleep; sound as a top, dormant, comatose; in the arms of Morpheus, in the lap of Morpheus. sleepy, sleepful†; dozy†, drowsy, somnolent, torpescent†, lethargic, lethargical†; somnifacient†; statuvolent†, statuvolic†; heavy, heavy with sleep; napping; somnific†, somniferous; soporous†, soporific, soporiferous†; hypnotic; balmy, dreamy; unawakened, unawakened. sedative &c 174. Adv. inactively &c adj.; at leisure &c 685. Phr. the eyes begin to draw straws; bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease [Dryden]; better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay [Tennyson]; idly busy rolls their world away [Goldsmith]; the mystery of folded sleep [Tennyson]; the timely dew of sleep [Milton]; thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep [Longfellow]; tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep [Young].