Antonyms for torpid

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tawr-pid

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɔr pɪd

Definition of torpid

Origin : 1610s, from Latin torpidus "benumbed," from torpere "be numb or stiff" (see torpor).

adj lazy, slow

Example sentences :

When in action he was superb and safe to follow; only when torpid he was dangerous.
Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

I was not deceived then, it was a torpid man that I had under my eyes, and not a dead one!
Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About

I was a cipher in this august company, and felt subdued, not to say torpid.
Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

His mind, too, was in a torpid state, but might gradually awaken.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

Bees are not, as some suppose, in a dormant, or torpid condition in Winter.
Extract from : « Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee » by L. L. Langstroth

Torpid and prone, I lay there numbed into absolute quiescence.
Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort

In the white of his eye there was a torpid and composed abstraction.
Extract from : « The Island Pharisees » by John Galsworthy

They are the dullest, slowest, most torpid of mortal creatures.
Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

He was torpid, and the look on his face was sullen and vindictive.
Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham

The muscles of the face, more than those of any other part of the body, are lazy and torpid.
Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans

Synonyms for torpid

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