TORPIDITY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

torpidity

noun

Definition of torpidity

as in lethargy

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Noun

Sometimes Alcaraz and Shelton made tired misses, prompting expressions of frustration and lethargy and disbelief.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
When courts do the regulating Given this legislative lethargy, state attorneys general sometimes step in to protect the public from companies that exploit compulsion-inducing products.

— Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of lethargy

Noun

For all its characteristic restraint and formal diligence, Killing Spree is a book that wants to make noise, to cut through the dead air with cries of grief and rage, undoing our own savage torpor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
With movie audiences drifting off to TV, studio release schedules featured torpor-inducing fare like A Man For All Seasons or The Alamo.

— Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026

Definition of torpor

Noun

Stranger by the Lake is a bookend of sorts to La Piscine, as both films seem to condemn their characters, and by extension, the counterculture surrounding them, to a lassitude incapable of any moral authority.

— Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
The result of this lassitude is that cars still rule the streets.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025

Definition of lassitude

Noun

Australia clung to its final six point margin for the last 27 minutes of the match when tiredness induced by altitude in the mountainous venue saw some sloppiness and imprecision invade its game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Marie Claire describes the trend as deliberately recreating dark circles and other signs of tiredness that makeup has traditionally been used to hide.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of tiredness

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