Torpid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed.
  • adj. Dormant; hibernating.
  • adj. Lethargic; apathetic. See Synonyms at inactive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. unmoving, dormant or hibernating
  • adj. lazy, lethargic or apathetic
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed.
  • adj. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
  • n. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
  • n. The Lenten rowing races.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Benumbed; insensible; inactive.
  • Specifically, dormant, as an animal in hibernation or estivation, when it passes its time in sleep: as, a torpid snake.
  • Figuratively, dull; sluggish; apathetic.
  • Pertaining to the torpids, or Lent boat-races at Oxford. See II.
  • n. A second-class racing-boat at Oxford, corresponding to the slogger of Cambridge; also, one of the crew of such a boat.
  • n. plural The Lent boat-races at Oxford.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  • adj. slow and apathetic
  • Equivalent
    asleep    inactive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    numb    benumbed    dull    stupid    sluggish    inactive    insensible    apathetic    lethargic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sluggish    listless    lethargic    apathetic    inactive    unresponsive    stagnant    indolent    numb    drowsy