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Type Words
Synonyms inanition, lassitude, slackness
Type of weakness
Type Words
Synonyms lassitude, sluggishness
Type of torpidity, torpor
Has types hebetude
Type Words
Synonyms flatness, languor, phlegm, sluggishness
Type of inertia, inactiveness, inactivity
Derivation lethargic

Examples of lethargy

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Symptoms of anemia can be lethargy, shortness of breath, jaundice, and weakness.
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But after more than two years of financial lethargy, Yahoo ousted Bartz in 2011.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The lethargy is exacerbated by Bennie's wistful narration as he tells the tale.
From the washingtonpost.com
Sometimes these illnesses presaged frightening episodes of vomiting and lethargy.
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My lethargy was inevitable, perhaps, given the seductive comforts of the Aria.
From the independent.co.uk
Many of my colleagues became enraged when I spoke about the lethargy of the Times.
From the theatlantic.com
Yet in a situation seeming to call for urgency, Seattle started with lethargy.
From the thenewstribune.com
Mayfest, it seems, has come up against the typical lethargy of the fair world.
From the kentucky.com
The most common symptoms of the disease in cats are lethargy and loss of appetite.
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More examples
  • A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
  • Inanition: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
  • Languor: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
  • (lethargic) deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
  • Fatigue (also called exhaustion, lethargy, languidness, languor, lassitude, and listlessness) is a state of awareness describing a range of afflictions, usually associated with physical and/or mental weakness, though varying from a general state of to a specific work-induced burning sensation ...
  • Lethargy was a technical death metal band formed in Rochester, New York in 1992 and disbanded in December 1999. Their last performance was on Christmas night of 1999. Drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher would later appear in Today Is the Day and Mastodon. ...
  • A condition characterised by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, or prolonged sleep patterns. [from 14th c.]; A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion or interest; loosely, sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]
  • (lethargic) sluggish, slow; indifferent, apathetic
  • (Lethargic) Awakens with stimulation; drowsy but awake. [Click Here To Return To List]