All briskness antonyms
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B b noun briskness
- clumsiness β awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- stiffness β rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- slowness β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- sluggish β indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- apathy β You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- sadness β affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- indifference β lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- lethargy β the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- coolness β moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- aversion β If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- disinclination β the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
- reluctance β unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
- unwillingness β not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- discouragement β an act or instance of discouraging.
- dullness β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- idleness β the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- inactivity β not active: an inactive volcano.
- laziness β lazy evaluation
- lifeless β not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- calmness β without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- coldness β having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- unhappiness β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- depression β A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- rest β a support for a lance; lance rest.
- indolence β the quality or state of being indolent.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- ignorance β the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- negligence β the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
- carelessness β not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
- inattention β lack of attention; negligence.
- thoughtlessness β lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- leisure β freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- lingering β to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- retardation β the act of retarding or state of being retarded.
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- inertia β inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- dispirited β discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- inability β lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- ineptness β without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.