Everything seemed dulled by Sunday's torpor and the dolefulness of the summer days.
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Torpor
//ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "torpor" (140 found)
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languorousnesslassitudelastingnesslatencylazinesslenitudelentorlethargicalnesslifelessnesslong standinglotus-eatingmere existencemere tropismnonchalancenumbnessoscitancypassivenesspassivitypermanencepermanency
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perpetualnesspersistencepersistencyphlegmphlegmaticalnessphlegmaticnessplucklessnesspococurantismquiescenceresignationresignednessrigiditysatednesssleepsleepinessslothslothfulnessslownessslumbersoliditysomnolencesoporsoporifousnessspiritlessnessspunklessnessstabilitystagnancystagnationstandingstasissteadfastnessstoliditystupefactionstuporsupinenesssuspensetorpidnesstorpitudeunchangeabilityunchangingnessunconcernvegetationvis inertiaewearinesswithdrawnnessworld-weariness
Noun(4 words)
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31 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- апатия noun (a state of apathy or lethargy)
- вцепененост noun (being inactive or stuporous)
- летаргия noun ((biology) a state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 遲緩 /迟缓 noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Dutch
2 entries- letargie noun (being inactive or stuporous)
- verstarring noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Finnish
4 entries- hitaus noun (being inactive or stuporous)
- horros noun (being inactive or stuporous)
- horros noun (a state of apathy or lethargy)
- horros noun ((biology) a state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep)
French
1 entries- torpeur noun (being inactive or stuporous)
German
2 entries- Erstarrung noun (being inactive or stuporous)
- Torpor noun (a state of apathy or lethargy)
Hebrew
1 entries- אדישות noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Hungarian
2 entries- apátia noun (a state of apathy or lethargy)
- letargia noun (a state of apathy or lethargy)
Ido
1 entries- torporo noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Portuguese
1 entries- torpor noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Russian
1 entries- оцепене́ние noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- torpor noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Spanish
2 entries- torpor noun (being inactive or stuporous)
- torpor noun ((biology) a state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep)
Tagalog
1 entries- torpe noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Turkish
1 entries- uyuşuntu noun (being inactive or stuporous)
Sample sentences
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She knew that she was the cause of her husband's utter ruin; and she strung herself to bear the consequences. The reproaches which agony extorted; or worse, cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpor, not the less painful because it was silent and moveless.
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