Synonyms for torpor
ˈtɔr pərtor·por

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1. torpornoun

   Synonyms:
   lethargy, torpidity, sluggishness, languor

2. torpornoun

   Being inactive or stuporous.

   Synonyms:
   torpidity, sluggishness, lethargy, languor

3. torpornoun

   A state of apathy or lethargy.

   Synonyms:
   lethargy, torpidity, languor, sluggishness

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1. torpor

   Stupor is a condition of the body in which the action of the senses and faculties is suspended or greatly dulled — weakness or loss of sensibility. The apathy of disease is a mental affection, a state of morbid indifference; lethargy is a morbid tendency to heavy and continued sleep, from which the patient may perhaps be momentarily aroused. Coma is a deep, abnormal sleep, from which the patient can not be aroused, or is aroused only with difficulty, a state of profound insensibility, perhaps with full pulse and deep, stertorous breathing, and is due to brain-oppression. Syncope or swooning is a sudden loss of sensation and of power of motion, with suspension of pulse and of respiration, and is due to failure of heart-action, as from sudden nervous shock or intense mental emotion. Insensibility is a general term denoting loss of feeling from any cause, as from cold, intoxication, or injury. Stupor is especially profound and confirmed insensibility, properly comatose. Asphyxia is a special form of syncope resulting from partial or total suspension of respiration, as in strangulation, drowning, or inhalation of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   apathy, asphyxia, coma, fainting, insensibility, lethargy, stupefaction, stupor, swoon, swooning, syncope, unconsciousness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. torpor, torpiditynoun

   a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

   "he fell into a deep torpor"

   Synonyms:
   torpidity, listlessness, torpidness

2. listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpornoun

   inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

   Synonyms:
   torpidity, lassitude, languor, torpidness, listlessness

Matched Categories

1. • Passivity
   • Physical Condition

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1. torpornoun

   Synonyms:
   numbness, torpidity, lethargy

2. torpornoun

   Synonyms:
   sluggishness, inertness, dulness, inactivity, stupidity

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1. List of paraphrases for "torpor":

   dormancy, sluggishness

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1. William Cobbett:

   Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.