Lethargy
Contents
English
Noun
Lethargy (plural lethargies)- A state of fatigue, sluggishness, lassitude and inactivity.
- A state of apathy with lack of emotion or interest.
- A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness).
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Adjectives for Lethargy
intellectual; torpid; icy; blind; pleasant; patriarchal; complete; apparent; inglorious; passive; utter.
Verbs for Lethargy
arouse from—; breed—; descend into—; fade into—; fall into—; fix in—; lie in—; lift from—; mumble in—; overcome—; — attacks; '—blinds; —chokes; —envelops; — hinders; —paralyzes; —restrains; —seduces ; —seizes; —stupefies.
Thesaurus
abstraction, abulia, acedia, alienation, aloofness, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, boredom, bovinity, catalepsy, catatonic stupor, cloddishness, coma, comatoseness, compulsion, crassness, crudeness, dejection, denseness, density, depression, detachment, dim-wittedness, dimness, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dolce far niente, doltishness, doziness, drowsiness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, elation, emotionalism, encephalitis lethargica, enervation, ennui, euphoria, exhaustion, fatigue, folie du doute, grossness, heartlessness, heaviness, hebetude, heedlessness, high, hopelessness, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, idleness, impassivity, inactivity, inanimation, inanition, inappetence, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insensibility, insouciance, jadedness, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, laziness, lenitude, lentor, lethargicalness, lifelessness, listlessness, loutishness, lumpishness, mania, melancholia, mental distress, narcohypnosis, narcolepsy, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor, narcotization, ninnyism, nod, nonchalance, numbness, oafdom, oafishness, obsession, obtuseness, opacity, oscitancy, oscitation, pandiculation, passiveness, passivity, pathological indecisiveness, phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, preoccupation, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, resignation, resignedness, satedness, sedation, shock, simpletonianism, sleep, sleepiness, sleeping sickness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, somnolence, somnolency, sopor, soporifousness, sottishness, spiritlessness, spunklessness, stolidity, stretching, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor, supineness, swoon, thanatosis, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, tic, tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, trance, twitching, unconcern, unmindfulness, unresponsiveness, unteachability, weakness, weariness, withdrawal, withdrawnness, world-weariness, wrongheadedness, yawning, yokelism
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ληθαργία (lēthargia, “drowsiness”) from λήθαργος (lēthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”) from λήθη (lēthē, “forgetfulness”) + ἀργός (argos, “not working”).
