Negative Words Starting With L (With Definitions)
These negative words that start with L can be used to describe negative situations, people, behaviors, and more.
Use these words to accurately express your feelings or experiences in a descriptive way that helps readers understand the true meaning of what you are trying to convey. Furthermore, it can also help them better understand the context and gravity of any given situation.
List of Negative Words Starting With L
Labored: Difficult and wearing, as in laborious work; requiring effort.
Laborious: Requiring a lot of effort and time; tedious.
Lacerate: To tear roughly or jaggedly; to wound deeply.
Lack: To be without or deficient in something; to be deprived of.
Lackadaisical: Lacking enthusiasm, liveliness, and energy; apathetic.
Lackadaisicalness: Lacking enthusiasm, liveliness, and energy; apathetic.
Lackey: A servile follower; a toady.
Lacking: To be without or deficient in something; to be deprived of.
Lackluster: Lacking luster or shine; dull and uninteresting.
Lackwit: A person lacking intelligence or common sense.
Laggard: Sluggish or slow in movement or progress; falling behind.
Laggardness: Working slowly; sluggish.
Laggardly: Moving, progressing, or working slowly; sluggish.
Laggardness: Moving or progressing slowly; sluggish.
Lagging: Moving or progressing slowly; sluggish.
Lame: Unsound, disabled, or crippled; not functioning properly.
Lament: To express grief, regret, or mourning over a loss; to grieve.
Lamentable: Expressing sorrow, regret, or disappointment; deplorable.
Lamentation: The expression of deep sorrow, regret, or disappointment; mourning.
Languid: Lacking energy and enthusiasm; weary.
Languish: To feel weak and listless; to become depressed or disheartened.
Languishing: To feel weak and listless; to become depressed or disheartened.
Languor: A state of weariness, depression, or listlessness caused by mental or physical fatigue.
Larcenous: Showing a disposition to steal; thievish.
Larceny: The unlawful taking of another person’s property without their consent.
Lascivious: Marked by lustful or lecherous desire; indecent.
Lassitude: A feeling of weariness and lack of energy, often due to overwork or boredom.
Last: Coming after all others in a series or sequence; final.
Latency: A state of being dormant or hidden; concealment.
Latent: Dormant or concealed; existing but not yet apparent or active.
Latent: Existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden.
Laudable: Worthy of praise; commendable.
Lawless: Unconstrained by laws or social conventions; chaotic and out of control.
Lawlessness: Unconstrained by laws or social conventions; chaotic and out of control.
Laxity: The quality of being lax; carelessness or negligence.
Lazy: Averse to physical activity; disinclined to exert oneself.
Leech: A person who clings to another and takes from them without giving anything in return.
Leeriness: Suspicious and distrustful; cautious.
Leery: Suspicious and distrustful; cautious.
Left out: Excluded; not included.
Legerdemain: The use of dexterity or deception to perform tricks; trickery.
Less: A smaller amount than usual or expected; inadequate.
Lethal: Fatal; causing or capable of causing death.
Lethality: The capacity to cause death; fatal.
Lethargic: Feeling slow and sluggish; lacking energy or enthusiasm.
Lethargically: Characterized by extreme sluggishness or apathy; listless.
Lethargy: The feeling of being very tired and disinclined to move; sluggishness.
Leviathan: A large and powerful creature, usually used to describe something formidable and overwhelming.
Levity: Treating a serious matter in a light or humorous manner; frivolity
Levy: A tax imposed on individuals, businesses, or goods; a demand for payment.
Lewd: Indecent or obscene behavior; lascivious.
Lewdness: Indecent or obscene behavior; lewd acts.
Liar: Someone who tells lies deliberately; one who deceives.
Libel: A false statement made with malicious intent that damages another’s reputation.
Libelous: A false statement made with malicious intent that damages another’s reputation.
Licking: A loss or defeat, especially a complete or decisive one.
Limbo: A state of being uncertain, undecided, or unresolved; unsettled.
Limitation: The act or process of limiting something; the state of being limited.
Limp: Moving or walking with difficulty due to weakness; feeble.
Limpidity: The quality of being easily seen through; transparency.
Limpidness: The quality of being easily seen through; transparency.
Limpness: Moving or walking with difficulty due to weakness; feeble.
Lingering: Remaining for an unusually long time; lasting.
Lingeringly: Remaining for an unusually long time; lasting.
Listless: Lacking energy or enthusiasm; apathetic.
Listlessness: A lack of energy or enthusiasm; apathy.
Litany: An unending series of requests, complaints, or reproaches; tedious repetition.
Litter: Objects strewn about carelessly; refuse or garbage.
Loath: Reluctant and unwilling; disinclined.
Loathe: To feel intense dislike for or to dread something.
Loathsome: Causing or deserving extreme disgust or aversion; extremely unpleasant.
Lonely: Feeling isolated or cut-off; without companions.
Loquacious: Excessively talkative; loquaciousness.
Loquaciousness: Excessively talkative; chatterbox.
Loquacity: The tendency to talk excessively; verbosity.
Lost: Unable to find one’s way; not knowing where one is going or how to get there.
Loutish: Boorish and rude; uncouth.
Loutishness: Behaving in a noisy, boorish, or brutish manner; uncouth.
Low: Abjectly or completely lacking; inadequate.
Lowly: Humble and unassuming in nature; meek.
Lubricity: The quality of being slippery, smooth, and moist; slickness.
Luckless: Unfortunate; unlucky.
Lucre: Money or wealth obtained by dishonest means; ill-gotten gains.
Ludicrous: Absurd and ridiculous; causing laughter due to foolishness.
Ludicrousness: Absurd and ridiculous; causing laughter due to foolishness.
Lugubrious: Excessively sorrowful or depressing in manner or appearance.
Lugubriousness: Excessively mournful or dismal; sorrowful.
Lunacy: Madness; insanity.
Lurid: Appalling in intensity; shockingly brutal or sensational.
Luridness: Appalling in intensity; shockingly brutal or sensational.
Lurk: To stay concealed or move furtively, often with the intention of doing harm.
Lurking: Hiding in a covert way; remaining out of sight.
Lying: Not telling the truth; deliberately deceiving someone.
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