Meanings
plural lazinesses
- countableuncountableThe quality of being lazy
Generalizing harshly and broadly but implying “you know which ones I mean” is an intellectual and rhetorical laziness that is not allowed to pass anywhere else in these communities.
2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium1 more example
“It is thine own laziness, thou false English blood, that doest nothing but drink and sleep,” retorted the page, “and leaves that lither lad to do the work, that he minds as little as thou.”
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 85
Synonyms & antonyms
nounapathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كَسَل
- كَسَل (kasal)quality of being lazy
Bulgarian мързел, безделие
- мързел (mărzel)quality of being lazy
- безделие (bezdelie)quality of being lazy
Catalan peresa, mandra
- peresaquality of being lazy
- mandraquality of being lazy
- accídiaquality of being lazy
Chinese Mandarin 惰性, 懒惰
- 惰性 (duòxìng)quality of being lazy
- 懒惰 (lǎnduò)quality of being lazy
Czech lenost
- lenostquality of being lazy
Danish dovenskab
- dovenskabquality of being lazy
Dutch luiheid
- luiheidquality of being lazy
Estonian laiskus
- laiskusquality of being lazy
Finnish laiskuus
- laiskuusquality of being lazy
French paresse, flemme
- paressequality of being lazy
- flemmequality of being lazy
German Faulheit, Trägheit
- Faulheitquality of being lazy
- Trägheitquality of being lazy
- Müßiggangquality of being lazy
Greek τεμπελιά
- τεμπελιά (tempeliá)quality of being lazy
Hebrew עצלות
- עצלות (atslút)quality of being lazy
Hungarian lustaság
- lustaságquality of being lazy
Icelandic leti
- letiquality of being lazy
Indonesian kemalasan
- kemalasanquality of being lazy
Irish drogall
- drogallquality of being lazy
Italian pigrizia
- pigriziaquality of being lazy
Japanese 無精
- 無精 (bushō)quality of being lazy
Korean 게으름, 귀차니즘
- 게으름 (geeureum)quality of being lazy
- 귀차니즘 (gwichanijeum)quality of being lazy
Latin pigritia
- pigritiaquality of being lazy
Māori māngeretanga
- māngeretangaquality of being lazy
Norwegian Bokmål latskap, dovenskap
- latskapquality of being lazy
- dovenskapquality of being lazy
Polish lenistwo
- lenistwoquality of being lazy
Portuguese preguiça
- preguiçaquality of being lazy
Romanian lene
- lenequality of being lazy
Russian лень
- лень (lenʹ)quality of being lazy
Scottish Gaelic leisg
- leisgquality of being lazy
Slovak lenivosť
- lenivosťquality of being lazy
Spanish pereza, desidia
- perezaquality of being lazy
- desidiaquality of being lazy
- fiacaquality of being lazy
- fiacónquality of being lazy
- flojeraquality of being lazy
- desganaquality of being lazy
- holgazaneríaquality of being lazy
- acidiaquality of being lazy
- galbanaquality of being lazy
- vaganciaquality of being lazy
- flojeritisquality of being lazy
- indolenciaquality of being lazy
Swahili uzembe
- uzembequality of being lazy
Swedish lättja, lathet
- lättjaquality of being lazy
- lathetquality of being lazy
Tagalog katamaran, kamaymayan
- katamaranquality of being lazy
- kamaymayanquality of being lazy
Thai ความขี้เกียจ
- ความขี้เกียจquality of being lazy
Turkish tembellik
- tembellikquality of being lazy
Ukrainian лінощі, лінь
- лінощі (linošči)quality of being lazy
- лінь (linʹ)quality of being lazy
Vietnamese sự lười biếng
- sự lười biếngquality of being lazy
Welsh diogi
- diogiquality of being lazy
Cite this entry
laziness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laziness
“laziness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laziness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laziness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laziness.
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