lethargy

lethargy, languor, lassitude, stupor, torpor mean physical or mental inertness. lethargy implies such drowsiness or aversion to activity as is induced by disease, injury, or drugs.

• • months of lethargy followed my accident

languor suggests inertia induced by an enervating climate or illness or love.

• • languor induced by a tropical vacation

lassitude stresses listlessness or indifference resulting from fatigue or poor health.

• • a depression marked by lassitude

stupor implies a deadening of the mind and senses by shock, narcotics, or intoxicants.

• • lapsed into an alcoholic stupor

torpor implies a state of suspended animation as of hibernating animals but may suggest merely extreme sluggishness.

• • a once alert mind now in a torpor