: a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
a drunken stupor
specifically: a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness
2
: a state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock : daze
lethargy implies such drowsiness or aversion to activity as is induced by disease, injury, or drugs.
months of lethargy followed my accident
languor suggests inertia induced by an enervating climate or illness or love.
languor induced by a tropical vacation
lassitude stresses listlessness or indifference resulting from fatigue or poor health.
a depression marked by lassitude
stupor implies a deadening of the mind and senses by shock, narcotics, or intoxicants.
lapsed into an alcoholic stupor
torpor implies a state of suspended animation as of hibernating animals but may suggest merely extreme sluggishness.
a once alert mind now in a torpor
Example Sentences
He fell into a drunken stupor. in a stupor of fatigue
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