'Torpor' definitions:
Definition of 'torpor'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor" [syn: torpor, torpidity]
noun
Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy [syn: listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor]
Definition of 'Torpor'
From: GCIDE
- Torpor \Tor"por\, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'torpor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- abidingness,
- acedia,
- aloofness,
- apathy,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- benumbedness,
- blah,
- blahs,
- boredom,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- changelessness,
- coma,
- comatoseness,
- constancy,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- detachment,
- disinterest,
- dispassion,
- dormancy,
- drowsiness,
- dullness,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- endurance,
- enervation,
- ennui,
- entropy,
- fatigue,
- firmness,
- fixedness,
- frozenness,
- hardening,
- heartlessness,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- hopelessness,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- immovability,
- immovableness,
- immutability,
- inactivity,
- inanimation,
- inappetence,
- indifference,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- insouciance,
- invariability,
- invariableness,
- inveteracy,
- jadedness,
- just being,
- lack of appetite,
- lackadaisicalness,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languor,
- languorousness,
- lassitude,
- lastingness,
- latency,
- laziness,
- lenitude,
- lentor,
- lethargicalness,
- lethargy,
- lifelessness,
- listlessness,
- long standing,
- lotus-eating,
- mere existence,
- mere tropism,
- nonchalance,
- numbness,
- oscitancy,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- permanence,
- permanency,
- perpetualness,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- phlegm,
- phlegmaticalness,
- phlegmaticness,
- plucklessness,
- pococurantism,
- quiescence,
- resignation,
- resignedness,
- rigidity,
- satedness,
- sleep,
- sleepiness,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggishness,
- solidity,
- somnolence,
- sopor,
- soporifousness,
- spiritlessness,
- spunklessness,
- stability,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- standing,
- stasis,
- steadfastness,
- stolidity,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- supineness,
- suspense,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- unchangeability,
- unchangingness,
- unconcern,
- vegetation,
- vis inertiae,
- weariness,
- withdrawnness,
- world-weariness