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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