torpid
31 05 2008Adjectives
1. (adj.) inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid;
- slow and apathetic;
- “she was fat and inert”; “a sluggish worker”; “a mind grown torpid in old age”;
2. (adj.) dormant, hibernating, torpid;
- in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
- “dormant buds”; “a hibernating bear”; “torpid frogs”;
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