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torpid

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tor·pid  (tôrpd)
adj.
1. Deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed.
2. Dormant; hibernating.
3. Lethargic; apathetic. See Synonyms at inactive.
[Latin torpidus, from torpre, to be stiff; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.]
torpid·ly adv.
torpid
Adjective
1. sluggish or dull: he has a rather torpid intellect
2. (of a hibernating animal) dormant [Latin torpere to be numb]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.torpidtorpid - slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
inert, sluggish, soggy
inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
2.torpidtorpid - in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
dormant, hibernating
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
asleep - in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel"


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He had detected the latent sensuality, which unfolded under his delicate sense of her nature's requirements like a torpid, torrid, sensitive blossom.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
No philosopher was he-- just a plain, commonplace person gifted, for the time being, with a pathological indifference: the organ that he feared consequences with was torpid.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Though the artillery of the left wing of the Russians kept up a steady fire on this mass,--visible like a stain now black, now flaming, in the midst of the trackless snow,--this shot and shell seemed to the torpid creatures only one inconvenience the more.
Adieu by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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