English language
Toggle Transcript
torpid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dormant, hibernating |
| Derivation | torpidity, torpidness |
torpid frogs.
Examples of torpid
torpid
What the ban has done is make an already torpid political struggle even duller.
From the time.com
The injury wound up being part of another chapter of torpid play by the Nationals.
From the washingtonpost.com
It has been a torpid year for Hollywood and, by extension, for most movie theaters.
From the time.com
This picture makes him look more torpid, and less jovial, than he really is.
From the theatlantic.com
Few would quarrel with efforts to clean up Hungary's torpid and sleazy public sector.
From the economist.com
As it is, it merely gives Faye Dunaway a chance for a last, torpid, tuberculous fling.
From the time.com
Swift chicks can enter a torpid state and go without food for several days.
From the guardian.co.uk
But Josephson's torpid background in physics struggled to reanimate itself.
From the guardian.co.uk
Thrillers and spooky tales provide a particular chill on a torpid evening.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Inert: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
- Dormant: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
- (torpidity) torpor: a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor"
- (torpidly) dazedly: in a daze; in a dazed manner; "he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't matter so much"
- (torpidness) listlessness: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
- Daily Torpor, sometimes called temporary hibernation is a (usually short-term) state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually characterized by a reduced body temperature and rate of metabolism. ...
- Torpid is an album by the Canadian comedy music group, The Arrogant Worms. Torpid was the twelfth album for the band and was released on September 30, 2008.
- Torpids is one of two bumping races held at Oxford University yearly, the other being Eights. Over 130 men's and women's crews race for their colleges in six men's divisions and five women's; almost 1200 participants in total. ...
- Unmoving, dormant or hibernating; lazy, lethargic or apathetic
