Word Meanings - SUPINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone. 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. Dryden. 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent;

Additional info about word: SUPINE

1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone. 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. Dryden. 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless. He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. Woodward. Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy. -- Su*pine"ly, adv. -- Su*pine"ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SUPINE)

• Listless
• Indifferent
• careless
• uninterested
• vacant
• languid
• indolent
• supine
• lackadaisical
• torpid
• heedless

Related words: (words related to SUPINE)

• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• CARELESSLY
  In a careless manner.
• INDIFFERENTLY
  In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to
• SUPINE
  1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone. 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. Dryden. 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent;
• VACANTLY
  In a vacant manner; inanely.
• TORPIDITY
  See TORPIDNESS
• TORPIDLY
  In a torpid manner.
• INDOLENT
  Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor. Syn. -- Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive; inert. See Idle. (more info) 1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. 2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion;
• VACANT
  Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate. Bouvier. Vacant succession , one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it. Burrill.
• INDOLENTLY
  In an indolent manner. Calm and serene you indolently sit. Addison.
• TORPIDNESS
  The qualityy or state of being torpid.
• LANGUID
  1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. " Languid, powerless limbs. " Armstrong. Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison. 2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion
• INDIFFERENTIST
  One governed by indifferentism.
• CARELESS
  1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser. Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. Shak. 2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless. My
• CARELESSNESS
  The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.
• HEEDLESS
  Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. O, negligent and heedless discipline! Shak. The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. Waller. -- Heed"less*ly, adv. -- Heed"less*ness, n.
• TORPID
  1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb. Without heat all things would be torpid. Ray. 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir M. Hale.
• LACKADAISICAL
  Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv.
• INDIFFERENT
  Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested. In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides. Bacon.
• LISTLESS
  Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson. Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. I was listless, and desponding. Swift. Syn. -- Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant;
• RESUPINE
  Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.