Torpor - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtɔːrpər|
Brit.
|ˈtɔːpə|
noun
- a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility (syn: torpidity)
he fell into a deep torpor
- inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy (syn: listlessness, torpidity)Extra examples
The news aroused him from his torpor.
...after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor...
She tried to rouse him from the torpor into which he had sunk.
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