'Torpid' definitions:
Definition of 'torpid'
From: WordNet
adjective
Slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid]
adjective
In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]
Definition of 'Torpid'
From: GCIDE
- Torpid \Tor"pid\ (t[^o]r"p[i^]d), a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.]
- 1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb. [1913 Webster]
- Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Torpid'
From: GCIDE
- Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See Torpid, a.] [Slang, Oxford University, Eng.]
- 1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. pl. The Lenten rowing races. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'torpid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- abiding,
- aloof,
- apathetic,
- benumbed,
- blah,
- blase,
- bored,
- cataleptic,
- catatonic,
- changeless,
- comatose,
- constant,
- continuing,
- dead,
- debilitated,
- desensitized,
- detached,
- disinterested,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- droopy,
- drugged,
- dull,
- durable,
- enduring,
- enervated,
- exanimate,
- faineant,
- firm,
- fixed,
- flat,
- foul,
- frozen,
- groggy,
- heartless,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- hopeless,
- immobile,
- immutable,
- in a stupor,
- in abeyance,
- in suspense,
- inactive,
- inanimate,
- indifferent,
- indolent,
- inert,
- insouciant,
- intact,
- inviolate,
- jaded,
- lackadaisical,
- languid,
- languorous,
- Laodicean,
- lasting,
- latent,
- leaden,
- lethargic,
- lifeless,
- listless,
- logy,
- lumpish,
- moribund,
- motionless,
- nonchalant,
- numb,
- numbed,
- Olympian,
- passive,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- phlegmatic,
- pluckless,
- pococurante,
- pooped,
- quiescent,
- remaining,
- resigned,
- rigid,
- sated,
- sedentary,
- slack,
- sleeping,
- sleepy,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- sluggish,
- slumbering,
- slumberous,
- smoldering,
- sodden,
- solid,
- somnolent,
- soporific,
- spiritless,
- spunkless,
- stable,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- standing,
- static,
- stationary,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- stoic,
- stultified,
- stupefied,
- stupid,
- supine,
- suspended,
- sustained,
- tame,
- unaltered,
- unaroused,
- uncaring,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- unconcerned,
- undestroyed,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- uninterested,
- unshifting,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- wan,
- weary,
- withdrawn,
- world-weary