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torpid

/ˈtɔːpɪd

adjective

1Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic: we sat around in a torpid state...

We fade, lose heart, become torpid, languish, then the sap rises again, and we are passionate.
But watching this torpid, listless movie is like Scuba-diving in treacle.
A black sky stretched out above me and cold stars gazed down with torpid light that dulled and burned a stark yellow.

Synonyms

lethargic, sluggish, inert, inactive, slow, slow-moving, lifeless, dull, listless, languid, lazy, idle, indolent, shiftless, slothful, heavy, stagnant, somnolent, sleepy, tired, fatigued, languorous, apathetic, passive, supine, comatose, narcotic

1.1(Of an animal) dormant, especially during hibernation: the animal need not lie around in a torpid state, vulnerable to attack...

Imagine one of these torpid reptiles trying to hide its awkward shell from a school of minnows: The turtle crouches warily behind a tuft of vegetation.
Brain waves, absent when the animal is deeply torpid, return spontaneously.
Sheep were torpid, and even with binoculars, there wasn't a walker moving anywhere.

Derivatives

torpidity

/tɔːˈpɪdɪti/ noun ...

Despite the enthusiastic overtures which the dawn of a new season brings, Clark admits he will quickly lose his appetite if matches descend into torpidity.
An all pervasive sense of intolerable torpidity hangs heavy in the air.
The torpidity of this sick animated humaness is a figuration of the total energic flow of this world-body in which life-and-death are its metabolic (anabolic and katabolic) currents.

torpidly

/ˈtɔːpɪdli/ adverb ...

His performance, torpidly solemn and self-conscious as a potential Oscar winner, has a fraction of the zip of his comic turns in Pirates of the Caribbean and Ed Wood.
While racing's authorities torpidly contemplate these implications, jockeys must earn their daily rice-cake.
A Cuban cigar rested between his right index and middle fingers, burning torpidly.

torpidness

noun

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin torpidus, from torpere 'be numb or sluggish'.

单词	torpid
释义	torpid /ˈtɔːpɪd / adjective 1Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic: we sat around in a torpid state... We fade, lose heart, become torpid, languish, then the sap rises again, and we are passionate. But watching this torpid, listless movie is like Scuba-diving in treacle. A black sky stretched out above me and cold stars gazed down with torpid light that dulled and burned a stark yellow. Synonyms lethargic, sluggish, inert, inactive, slow, slow-moving, lifeless, dull, listless, languid, lazy, idle, indolent, shiftless, slothful, heavy, stagnant, somnolent, sleepy, tired, fatigued, languorous, apathetic, passive, supine, comatose, narcotic 1.1(Of an animal) dormant, especially during hibernation: the animal need not lie around in a torpid state, vulnerable to attack... Imagine one of these torpid reptiles trying to hide its awkward shell from a school of minnows: The turtle crouches warily behind a tuft of vegetation. Brain waves, absent when the animal is deeply torpid, return spontaneously. Sheep were torpid, and even with binoculars, there wasn't a walker moving anywhere. Derivatives torpidity /tɔːˈpɪdɪti/ noun ... Despite the enthusiastic overtures which the dawn of a new season brings, Clark admits he will quickly lose his appetite if matches descend into torpidity. An all pervasive sense of intolerable torpidity hangs heavy in the air. The torpidity of this sick animated humaness is a figuration of the total energic flow of this world-body in which life-and-death are its metabolic (anabolic and katabolic) currents. torpidly /ˈtɔːpɪdli/ adverb ... His performance, torpidly solemn and self-conscious as a potential Oscar winner, has a fraction of the zip of his comic turns in Pirates of the Caribbean and Ed Wood. While racing's authorities torpidly contemplate these implications, jockeys must earn their daily rice-cake. A Cuban cigar rested between his right index and middle fingers, burning torpidly. torpidness noun Origin Late Middle English: from Latin torpidus, from torpere 'be numb or sluggish'.
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