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lethargic

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GRECAT
DEFINITION

deficient in alertness or activity

WEBSTER'S 1913

Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.

ETYMOLOGY

Gk. lethargos, lazy

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

Continue to preach them for the sake of the lethargic peace of which you speak? leave the church paralyzed, as I found it?" "Paralyzed!

Winston Churchill, Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
IN USE

In rare cases, when Amur tigers prey on brown bears, they usually target young and sub-adult bears, besides small female adults taken outside their dens, generally when lethargic from hibernation.

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