torpor

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This torpor was agreeable to him because it was in conformity with his humour and his tastes, and because he regarded those who counselled it as good, wise, and enlightened people, not blinded by their private interests, but seeing clearly things as they were; while he was importuned with opinions and explanations which would have disclosed the true state of affairs and suggested remedies.

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  1. noun A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.
  2. noun Lethargy; apathy. See Synonyms at lethargy.
  3. noun The dormant, inactive state of a hibernating or estivating animal.

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  • What finally pulled Cassy from the depths of her torpor was a sudden stinging sensation in her nose followed by a series of violent sneezes. —  Invasion
  • The first sharp sensation which roused her from her torpor was a quick desire to see him once more; up she sprang, and climbed to an out-jutting dizzy point of rock, but a little above her sheltered nook, yet commanding a wide view over the bare, naked sands;--far away below, touching the rippling water-line, was Stephen Bromley, busily gathering in his nets; besides him there was no living creature visible. —  Ruth
  • This torpor was agreeable to him because it was in conformity with his humour and his tastes, and because he regarded those who counselled it as good, wise, and enlightened people, not blinded by their private interests, but seeing clearly things as they were; while he was importuned with opinions and explanations which would have disclosed the true state of affairs and suggested remedies He looked upon such people as offered these opinions and explanations as impetuous counsellors, who hurried everything and suggested everything, who wished to discount the future in order to satisfy their ambition, their aversion, their different passions. —  Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
  • This torpor was agreeable to him because it was in conformity with his humour and his tastes, and because he regarded those who counselled it as good, wise, and enlightened people, not blinded by their private interests, but seeing clearly things as they were; while he was importuned with opinions and explanations which would have disclosed the true state of affairs and suggested remedies. —  Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
  • The first sharp sensation which roused her from her torpor was a quick desire to see him once more; up she sprang, and climbed to an out-jutting dizzy point of rock, but a little above her sheltered nook, yet commanding a wide view over the bare, naked sands; -- far away below, touching the rippling water-line, was Stephen Bromley, busily gathering in his nets; besides him there was no living creature visible. —  Ruth
 

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lethargy ·  stupor ·  apathy ·  inactivity ·  stagnation ·  languor ·  indolence ·  dullness ·  insensibility ·  dizziness ·  boredom ·  numbness
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  1. Latin, from torpēre, to be stiff; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =F. torpeur =Spanish Portuguese torpor =Italian torpore, from Latin torpor, numbness, from torpere, be numb or torpid: see torpent, torpid.
 

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