Torpid
['tɔːpɪd] or ['tɔrpɪd]
Definition
(a.) Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
(a.) Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
Typist: Ruth
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Numb, benumbed, motionless, lethargic.[2]. Sluggish, inert, dull, inactive, indolent, stupid.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Numb, lifeless, senseless, dull, sluggish, inactive, hibernating, insensible,inert
ANT:Lively, animated, gay, brisk, nimble, active, restless, energetic, vivacious,sensitive, alive
Edited by Bradley
Definition
adj. stiff numb: having lost the power of motion and feeling: sluggish dormant: pertaining to the Torpids or Lent boat-races at Oxford.—n. a second-class racing boat or one of its crew.—n. Torpid′ity.—adv. Tor′pidly.—n. Tor′pidness.—v.t. Tor′pify to make torpid.—ns. Tor′pitude state of being torpid: numbness: dullness: stupidity; Tor′por numbness: inactivity: dullness: stupidity.
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Examples
- The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I have borne long with self-reproach that would have roused any mind less torpid and cowardly than mine. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- At about this point, Mr. Gradgrind's eye would fall upon her; and under the influence of that wintry piece of fact, she would become torpid again. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way, and the whole system must sleep torpid a while. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The understandings of those who are engaged in such employments, can seldom grow torpid for want of exercise. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Wedded to Rowena, indeed, her nobler and more generous soul may yet awake the better nature which is torpid within him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The bold and reckless young blood of ten-years back was subjugated and was turned into a torpid, submissive, middle-aged, stout gentleman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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