torpor

[ tawr-per ]

/ ˈtɔr pər /

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noun

sluggish inactivity or inertia.

lethargic indifference; apathy.

a state of suspended physical powers and activities.

dormancy, as of a hibernating animal.

Words nearby torpor

torpedo tube, torpedo-boat destroyer, torpedoman, torpex, torpid, torpor, torpor retinae, torporific, torquate, torquay, torque

Origin of torpor

1600–10; < Latin: numbness, equivalent to torp(ēre) to be stiff or numb + -or -or¹

SYNONYMS FOR torpor

2 stolidity, listlessness, lethargy.

4 sleepiness, slumber, drowsiness.

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Examples from the Web for torpor

These are times of torpor in Paris, politically as well as economically.
The Gunslinger of Rue Miromesnil|Christopher Dickey|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But it was first and foremost an attempt to wake up America from the torpor of the daily grind under its meritocratic overlords.
Miley Cyrus's Smartest Tattoo|James Poulos|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He relapsed into a sort of torpor from which he was aroused by enthusiastic applause and bravos.
The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Alphonse Daudet
Only torpor is the supreme sin, even as in The Statue and the Bust where effort would have been to a criminal end.
English Literature: Modern|G. H. Mair

He was like the weary traveler who drops into the snow-bank, on whom the torpor steals by slow degrees.
Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North|Fullerton Waldo
The fear of indiscretion on the part of the boy startles me from my torpor.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
In reality there was in this whole movement a little of that torpor which succeeds a long repose.
History of the Expedition to Russia|Count Philip de Segur

British Dictionary definitions for torpor

torpor

/ (ˈtɔːpə) /

noun

a state of torpidity

Derived forms of torpor

torporific, adjective

Word Origin for torpor

C17: from Latin: inactivity, from torpēre to be motionless

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torpor

[ tôr′pər ]

n.

A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.

Lethargy; apathy.

Other words from torpor

tor′po•rif′ic (-pə-rĭf′ĭk) adj.

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