torpidity (Meaning)

Wordnet

torpidity (n)

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

inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

Webster

torpidity (n.)

Same as Torpidness.

torpidity Sentence Examples

  1. The snake lay in torpidity, its scales cold and unmoving.
  2. In the depths of winter, the badger retreated to its burrow and succumbed to torpidity.
  3. The once-bustling beach fell into a state of torpidity as summer drew to an end.
  4. The leaves on the trees hung in torpidity, waiting for the arrival of spring.
  5. The economy sank into a period of torpidity, with businesses struggling to survive.
  6. The patient's mind had descended into a torpidity, unresponsive to stimuli.
  7. The athlete's muscles grew weak and torpid after the grueling marathon.
  8. The torpidity of the river belied the swirling currents beneath the surface.
  9. The town's inhabitants sank into a torpidity, their spirits dulled by the unrelenting heat.
  10. The virus left the survivor in a state of torpidity, barely clinging to life.

FAQs About the word torpidity

a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility, inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energySame as Torpidnes

lassitude,lethargy, tiredness, torpor,sluggishness, somnolence, sleeping, slumbering, sleepiness, fatigue

wakefulness, insomnia, consciousness, awareness, wakefulness,insomnia, awareness, consciousness, sleeplessness,sleeplessness

The snake lay in torpidity, its scales cold and unmoving.

In the depths of winter, the badger retreated to its burrow and succumbed to torpidity.

The once-bustling beach fell into a state of torpidity as summer drew to an end.

The leaves on the trees hung in torpidity, waiting for the arrival of spring.