Torpid Synonyms and Antonyms

tôrpĭd
Lacking responsiveness or alertness
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. numb
  2. benumbed
  3. dull
  4. insensible
  5. insensitive
  6. stuporous
  7. unresponsive
  8. wooden
  9. paralyzed; lethargic
Inactive
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dormant
  2. idle
  3. lethargic
  4. motionless
  5. sluggish
  6. stupid
  7. hibernating
  8. hebetudinous
  9. apathetic
  10. benumbed
  11. comatose
  12. drowsy
  13. dull
  14. hebetate
  15. hypnotic
  16. inactive
  17. lackadaisical
  18. lazy
  19. stuporous
  20. nonchalant
  21. numb
  22. inert
  23. phlegmatic
  24. pococurante
  25. sleepy
  26. dopey
  27. slumberous
  28. somnolent
  29. stagnant
  30. static
  31. stolid
  32. unfeeling
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Apathetic
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sluggish
  2. heavy
  3. inert
  4. drowsy
  5. soggy
Antonyms:
  1. energetic
  2. active
  3. lively
  4. moving
  5. quick

Words Related to Torpid

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Torpid Sentence Examples

  • During the colder months these reptiles remain in a torpid state.

  • He became torpid, bloated and horrible to look at.

  • They were pleasant spring days, in which the winter of man's discontent was thawing as well as the earth, and the life that had lain torpid began to stretch itself.

  • Under the influence of his disease, his senses became morbidly torpid, and his imagination morbidly active.

  • On retiring for the winter the hamster closes the various entrances to its burrow, and becomes torpid during the coldest period.

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