torpor | Definition of torpor

Synonyms and Antonyms of torpor

1 lack of interest or concern

after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor

Synonyms of torpor

apathy, casualness, complacence, disinterestedness, disregard, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

Words Related to torpor

halfheartedness, lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness

carelessness, heedlessness, recklessness, unawareness

lethargy, listlessness

aloofness, coldness, cool, detachment, dispassion

callosity, callousness, hard-heartedness, hardness, insensitivity

bloodlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, phlegm, stoicism, stolidity

Near Antonyms of torpor

attention, attentiveness, awareness, conscientiousness, curiosity, heedfulness, keenness

sensitivity, warmheartedness

bias, partiality, prejudice

ardor, desire, fervency, passion, vehemence, warmth, zeal

Antonyms of torpor

concern, interest, regard

2 physical or mental inertness

following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor

Synonyms of torpor

hebetude, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, stupor

Words Related to torpor

boredom, indifference

fatigue, sleepiness

idleness, inaction

Near Antonyms of torpor

eagerness, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness

ambition, enterprise

Antonyms of torpor

vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity