Idleness
Antonyms of IDLENESS
- go, peppiness, energy, briskness, assiduousness, life, vibrancy, occupation, activeness, work, activity, vitality, lustiness, drive, industry, exuberance, action, assiduity, animation, robustness, vim, enterprise, vigor, labor, animateness, jazziness, vivacity, use, liveliness, busyness, initiative, hustle, pep, perseverance, ambition, business, sprightliness, industriousness, diligence, employment.
Examples of usage:
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We were together, Semyonov, Nikitin, Trenchard and I, after breakfast, smoking cigarettes, enjoying half an hour's idleness before setting about our various business. "The Dark Forest" by Hugh Walpole
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Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy. "Rienzi" by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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Or: " He was accused of idleness." "The Grammar of English Grammars" by Goold Brown
