TORPIDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does torpidness mean? 

• TORPIDNESS (noun)
  The noun TORPIDNESS has 1 sense:

1. inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

  Familiarity information: TORPIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORPIDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

listlessness; torpidity; torpidness; torpor

Hypernyms ("torpidness" is a kind of...):

passiveness; passivity (the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative)

Derivation:

torpid (slow and apathetic)

torpid (in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation)