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torpor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of torpor

1 lack of interest or concern

  • after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor
Synonyms of torpor

apathy, casualness, complacence, disinterestedness, disregard, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern
Words Related to torpor

halfheartedness, lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness

carelessness, heedlessness, recklessness, unawareness

lethargy, listlessness

aloofness, coldness, cool, detachment, dispassion

callosity, callousness, hard-heartedness, hardness, insensitivity

bloodlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, phlegm, stoicism, stolidity
Near Antonyms of torpor

attention, attentiveness, awareness, conscientiousness, curiosity, heedfulness, keenness

sensitivity, warmheartedness

bias, partiality, prejudice

ardor, desire, fervency, passion, vehemence, warmth, zeal
Antonyms of torpor

concern, interest, regard

2 physical or mental inertness

  • following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor
Synonyms of torpor

hebetude, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, stupor
Words Related to torpor

boredom, indifference

malaise

laziness

fatigue, sleepiness

narcosis

idleness, inaction
Near Antonyms of torpor

eagerness, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness

ambition, enterprise
Antonyms of torpor

vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity

Synonym Discussion of torpor

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

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