torpid | Definition of torpid

Synonyms and Antonyms of torpid

1 slow to move or act

a torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree branch

Synonyms of torpid

dull, inactive, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish

Words Related to torpid

ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly

dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still

dopey (also dopy), drugged

asleep, drowsy, somnambulant

catatonic, comatose

Near Antonyms of torpid

busy, engaged, occupied, working

animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy

assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous

Antonyms of torpid

2 lacking in sensation or feeling

my tongue and throat remained torpid for a time following the endoscopy

Synonyms of torpid

asleep, benumbed, dead, insensitive, numb, numbed, unfeeling

Words Related to torpid

chilled, nipped

anesthetized, cocainized, deadened, drugged, stupefied

blunted, dulled, obtunded

insensible, senseless, unconscious

inanimate, insensate

Near Antonyms of torpid

Antonyms of torpid

feeling, sensible, sensitive