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English adjective: torpid

1. torpid slow and apathetic


SamplesShe was fat and inert.
A sluggish worker.
A mind grown torpid in old age.


Synonymsinert, sluggish, soggy


Similarinactive


Antonymsactive

2. torpid in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation


SamplesDormant buds.
A hibernating bear.
Torpid frogs.


Synonymsdormant, hibernating


Similarasleep


Domain categorybiological science, biology


Antonymsawake









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