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Thesaurus: torpid

Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.

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  1. a. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
  2. a. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
  3. adj. slow and apathetic
  4. adj. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  5. 1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb. Without heat all things would be torpid. Ray. 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir M. Hale.
  6. j:100 s slow and apathetic s in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation