I sprang to my feet, my inert hand grasping my pistol, my mind paralyzed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog.
Source: tatoeba (6620773)
Inert
//ɪnˈɝt//
Synonyms for "inert" (247 found)
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Strong matches (74)
Adjective(23 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (123)
noblenonconsciousnonlivingnonmovingnonreactivenonreturnablenonreversiblenumbotioseparalyticparalyzedpassivepeplesspermanentphlegmaticpoopedpowerlessprocrastinatingquiescentquiet
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quietistquietisticreverselesssatedsedentarysenselessslacksleepingsleepyslothfulslowslumberingsmolderingsomnolentsoullessstagnantstagnatingstandingstandpatstaticstationarystillstolidstultifiedsupinesuspendedtametorpidunalterableunalterativeunalteredunanimatedunarousedunchangeableunchangedunchangingunconsciousundeflectableundeviatingunfeelingunmodifiableunremittingunresponsiveunrestorableunreturnableunsusceptibleunvariableunvaryingvegetablevegetativewanwearyworld-weary
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
12 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَامِل adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Armenian
1 entries- իներտ adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вял adj (sluggish or lethargic)
- инертен adj (unable to move or act)
- инертен adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
- муден adj (sluggish or lethargic)
Catalan
3 entries- inert adj (unable to move or act)
- inert adj (sluggish or lethargic)
- inert adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Czech
2 entries- inertní adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
- netečný adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Danish
2 entries- træg adj (unable to move or act)
- træg adj (sluggish or lethargic)
Dutch
1 entries- inert adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Esperanto
1 entries- senmova adj (unable to move or act)
Finnish
4 entries- inertti adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
- liikuntakyvytön adj (unable to move or act)
- reagoimaton adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
- veltto adj (sluggish or lethargic)
German
3 entries- inaktiv adj (having no therapeutic action)
- träge adj (unable to move or act)
- träge adj (sluggish or lethargic)
Hindi
3 entries- निष्क्रिय adj (unable to move or act)
- निष्क्रिय adj (sluggish or lethargic)
- शिथिल adj (sluggish or lethargic)
Italian
3 entries- inerte adj (unable to move or act)
- inerte adj (sluggish or lethargic)
- inerte adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Latin
1 entries- iners adj (sluggish or lethargic)
Malay
1 entries- lengai adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Māori
2 entries- pateko adj (sluggish or lethargic)
- tauhohekore adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Polish
4 entries- bezwładny adj (unable to move or act)
- bezwładny adj (sluggish or lethargic)
- bierny adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
- obojętny adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Portuguese
1 entries- inerte adj (unable to move or act)
Slovak
2 entries- inertný adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
- nehybný adj (unable to move or act)
Spanish
3 entries- inerte adj (unable to move or act)
- inerte adj (sluggish or lethargic)
- inerte adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Tagalog
2 entries- matigal adj (unable to move or act)
- matigal adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Thai
2 entries- นิ่ง adj (unable to move or act)
- เฉื่อย adj (sluggish or lethargic)
Turkish
1 entries- uyuz adj (sluggish or lethargic)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trơ adj (in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It doesn't make any difference, guys. The balls are inert.
Source: tatoeba (7675827)
Nitrous oxide is inert at room temperature.
Source: tatoeba (9659556)
Seated upon the ground, he had seemed as lazy and inert as a hog, but now his body was as tense and active as that of a panther.
Source: tatoeba (10924069)
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