torpid
1inactive or sluggish.
slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.
Origin of torpid
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Other words from torpid
- tor·pid·i·ty, tor·pid·ness, noun
- tor·pid·ly, adverb
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Other definitions for torpid (2 of 2)
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
Origin of torpid
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How to use torpid in a sentence
They were torpid, as you or I might be if we’d spent a long period locked-down and socially isolated.
I’ve waited 17 years to write about periodical cicadas again. The wait is over. | John Kelly | May 12, 2021 | Washington PostCheng thinks modern ballots are “boring” and “graphically torpid.”
torpid as Spain had become, there was still one point on which she was exquisitely sensitive.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayI did not forget to mention the Companies, but find people, as I expected, torpid.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonIts indolence, and anger at the stirring of inward strife by nature, caused it to assume a torpid indifference.
Papers from Overlook-House | Casper Almore
Professor Smawl ate heavily and retired to her tent to lie torpid until evening.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. ChambersHis torpid head fell back on the chair, and his outstretched hands hung lifeless, yellow, and rigid on his knees.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for torpid
/ (ˈtɔːpɪd) /
apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic
(of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity
unable to move or feel
Origin of torpid
1Derived forms of torpid
- torpidity, noun
- torpidly, adverb
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