torpid

Definition of Torpid in English :

1. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid

slow and apathetic

Example Sentences:
'she was fat and inert'
'a sluggish worker'
'a mind grown torpid in old age'

in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

Example Sentences:
'dormant buds'
'a hibernating bear'
'torpid frogs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Torpid

adjective

1.

apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic

2.

(of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity

3.

unable to move or feel

adjective

1.

a.

having lost temporarily all or part of the power of sensation or motion, as a hibernating animal; dormant

b.

sluggish in functioning

2.

slow and dull; apathetic

adj.

1.

a. Sluggish, lethargic, or inactive: "It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age" (Samuel Johnson).

b. Showing little interest; apathetic: a torpid audience.

2. Conducive to sluggishness or inactivity, especially in being warm and humid: a torpid summer evening.

3. Dormant; hibernating.