listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor
(noun) inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
torpor, torpidity
(noun) a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; “he fell into a deep torpor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)
A state of being inactive or stuporous.
A state of apathy or lethargy.
Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness, languor, torpidity
(biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"por, n. Etym: [L., from torpere, to be torpid.]
1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
