Synonyms for torpor
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Noun
1. Lethargy — A state of apathy or lethargy
lethargy, sluggishness, stupor, listlessness, languor, apathy, dormancy, sloth, inactivity, dispassion, inertness, torpidity, numbness, stupefaction, torpidness, lassitude, indifference, insensibility
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of apathy or lethargy.
Related words
- Word family
- torporific torpidity torpid torpidness torpedo
- Other spellings
- torpour
Forms
- Plural
- torpors → lethargies, sluggishnesses, stupors, listlessnesses…
Example sentences
- stupor Ziri was so passionate that Rima fell into a stupor.
- lethargy Lethargy is a common symptom of that disease.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| torpor | rising | |
| stupor | rising | |
| lethargy | rising | |
| sluggishness | falling | |
| listlessness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sloth1
- 6 letters
- apathy3, stupor2
- 7 letters
- languor
- 8 letters
- numbness2, lethargy3, dormancy3
- 9 letters
- lassitude, inertness3, torpidity
- 10 letters
- inactivity5, dispassion, torpidness
- 12 letters
- indifference4, sluggishness3, listlessness, stupefaction
- 13 letters
- insensibility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apathy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- torpeur
- Italiano
- torpore
- Deutsch
- Erstarrung