Definition of "torpid" [tor•pid]

• Deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed. (adjective)
• Dormant; hibernating. (adjective)
• Lethargic; apathetic. See Synonyms at inactive. (adjective)

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• "So in continued fevers, when the stomach is totally torpid, which is known by the total aversion to solid food, the cutaneous capillaries are by reverse sympathy in a perpetual state of increased activity, as appears from the heat of the skin."
• "One evening, I sat upon our front step, in a kind of torpid state of mind through my refusal to contemplate the dismal future."
• "But he did not shed even a single tear, only his face looked more severe than usual, but there was depicted in it a kind of torpid calm."