torpid
21torpid — adjective torpid tourists traveled tired through the tropics Syn: lethargic, sluggish, inert, inactive, slow, lifeless; languid, listless, lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, supine, passive, apathetic, phlegmatic, somnolent, sleepy …
22torpid — [17] Torpid was acquired from Latin torpidus, a derivative of torpēre ‘be stiff, numb, inactive, etc’. Also from torpēre came torpēdō, which was applied to a type of fish capable of producing an electric shock with which it numbs its prey.… …
23torpid / turgid — Torpid means unresponsive, lacking alertness : Prunella tried to elicit answers from the torpid students in front of her. Turgid means very ornate and decorative : The author s turgid writing style lost my interest quickly. It can also mean …
24torpid / turgid — Torpid means unresponsive, lacking alertness : Prunella tried to elicit answers from the torpid students in front of her. Turgid means very ornate and decorative : The author s turgid writing style lost my interest quickly. It can also mean …
25Torpid (album) — Infobox Album Name = Torpid Type = Live Album Artist = The Arrogant Worms Released = September 2008 Recorded = Genre = Comedy Length = Label = Arrogant Worms Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Toast (2004) This album = Beige (2006) Next… …
26torpid — inactive, unresponsive, e.g. in aestivation or hibernation …
27torpid — adj. [L. torpidus, to be numb] Dormant; inactive; see aestivation, hibernation …
28torpid — torpid1 torpidity, torpidness, n. torpidly, adv. /tawr pid/, adj. 1. inactive or sluggish. 2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic. 3. dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal. [1605 15; < L torpidus numb, equiv. to torp( …
29torpid — adjective a) unmoving, dormant or hibernating b) lazy, lethargic or apathetic Syn: lethargic …
30torpid — Inactive; sluggish. SYN: torpent (1). [L. torpidus, fr. torpeo, to be sluggish] * * * tor·pid tȯr pəd adj sluggish in functioning or acting: characterized by torpor tor·pid·i·ty tȯr pid ət ē n, pl ties * * * tor·pid (torґpid) [L. torpidus numb …
