torpescent

torpescent
index lifeless (dull), otiose, torpid

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  • Torpescent — Tor*pes cent, a. [L. torpescens, p. pr. of torpescere to grow stiff, numb, or torpid, incho. fr. torpere. See {Torpid}.] Becoming torpid or numb. Shenstone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • torpescent — torpescˈent adjective Becoming numb or torpid • • • Main Entry: ↑torpefy …   Useful english dictionary

  • Torpescence — Tor*pes cence, n. The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lifeless — I (dead) adjective abrogated, annihilated, annulled, at rest, bereft of life, breathless, cadaveric, cadaverous, canceled, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, destitute of life, devoid of life, ended, exanimate, exanimus, expired, extinct, gone …   Law dictionary

  • otiose — I adjective abortive, apathetic, arid, barren, bootless, dallying, dilatory, disengaged, dispensable, disused, dormant, dried up, effete, exhausted, expendable, faineant, fallow, feckless, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, impracticable,… …   Law dictionary

  • torpid — I adjective apathetic, benumbed, comatose, dead, disinterested, dormant, drowsy, dull, heavy, idle, impervious, inactive, inanimate, indifferent, indolent, iners, inert, inexcitable, insensate, insensible, languid, languorous, lazy, leaden,… …   Law dictionary

  • Inactivity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inactivity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inactivity inactivity Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction &c. 681 Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness &c. 172 Sgm: N 1 obstinacy obstinacy &c. 606 GRP: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • dormant — adj 1. sleeping, asleep, resting, at rest; hibernating, {of land) fallow, dormient; inactive, lifeless, inert, still, stock still, silent; motionless, immovable, immobile; unmoving, stationary, becalmed. 2. dull, sluggish, passive, lethargic,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • inanimate — adj 1. lifeless, exanimate, inert, dead; inorganic, vegetable, mineral. 2. spiritless, soulless, vapid, apathetic; sluggish, phlegmatic; listless, torpid, torpescent; dull, flat, heavy, leaden, slow; inactive, not moving, dormant, stagnant,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • inert — adj 1. inactive, lifeless, inanimate; immovable, immobile, motionless; stationary, unmoving, fixed, rooted, riveted; still, stock still, Chiefly Literary. stilly, quiet, quiescent. 2. comatose, unconscious; knocked out, out cold, Inf. out like a… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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