When it gets cold, the turtles become torpid.
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Torpid
Synonyms for "torpid" (271 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Adjective(26 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (81)
Adjective(37 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (135)
motionlessnonchalantnumbnumbedolympianpassivepeplesspermanentperpetualpersistentphlegmaticplucklesspococurantepoopedquiescentremainingresignedrigidsatedsedentary
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slacksleepingsleepyslothfulslowslow-movingslow-pacedslumberingslumberoussmolderingsoddensolidsomnolentsoporificspiritlessspunklessstablestagnantstagnatingstandingstaticstationarystayingsteadfaststoicstultifiedstupefiedstupidsupinesuspendedsustainedtameunalteredunarouseduncaringunchangeableunchangedunchanginguncheckedunconcernedundestroyedunfadingunfailinguninterestedunshiftingunvariedunvaryingvegetablevegetativewanwearywithdrawnworld-weary
Adjective(60 words)
motionlessnonactivenonchalantnonplussedphlegmaticploddingpococurantepokeyponderousquiescentquietremissshiftlesssilentslothfulslothlikeslow as a snailslow as christmasslow as molassesslow as molasses in january
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slowfootedsluggishspiritlessstatelystationarysteadystillstock-stillsubglacialsullensupinesuspendedsweartardigradetedioustepidtestudineoustoothlesstorpedinousunactiveunarousedunbusyuncaringunconcernedunemployedunenthusiasticunflappableunimpressibleuninterestedunlivelyunmovingunoccupiedunspeedyuntouchedunzealouswastedweakweedywork-shyworld-weary
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescoordinate
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- апатичен adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
- вцепенен adj (unmoving)
- вял adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
- летаргичен adj (dormant or hibernating)
Finnish
4 entries- apaattinen adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
- lamaantunut adj (unmoving)
- nukkuva adj (dormant or hibernating)
- saamaton adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
French
2 entries- immobile adj (unmoving)
- torpide adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
Korean
1 entries- 경직된 adj (unmoving)
Latin
1 entries- torpidus adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- looj adj (unmoving)
- looj adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
Russian
4 entries- апати́чный adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
- вя́лый adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
- неподви́жный adj (unmoving)
- онеме́лый adj (unmoving)
Spanish
2 entries- inmóvil adj (unmoving)
- torpe adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
Thai
4 entries- จำศีล adj (dormant or hibernating)
- นิ่ง adj (unmoving)
- หลับใหล adj (dormant or hibernating)
- เฉื่อย adj (lazy, lethargic, apathetic)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
In our first year I had seen him coming away from Blackwell's clutching a great textbook of chemistry with an air of anticipatory delight, and also on the river as cox of one of the Lincoln torpids.
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