torpor
torpor
Definition
tor·por (tôr′pər)
noun
- a state of being dormant or inactive; temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion; sluggishness; stupor
- dullness; apathy
Etymology: L < torpere: see torpid
torpor
Synonyms
torpor
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- enter: Even during the summer, bats can enter torpor during cool spells.
- induce: But it had been a long day, and the meal was inducing a pleasant torpor.
Adjective modifier
- mental: The seminal essence pervades the channels of the body, and so there comes mental torpor like thickening darkness.
- spiritual: And so it is in the case of spiritual torpor.
- general: Beyond that, the year was decidedly spasmodic, with islands of excessively intense activity rising out of the general miasmic torpor.
- intellectual: This gave me great cheer in those evil years of enforced idleness and intellectual torpor which my health imposed upon me.
- deep: As Newcastle stirred from its economic slumber with piecemeal regeneration, Gateshead sank into an even deeper torpor.
torpor Quotes
He woke me from the torpor of the accustomed.
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