torpor

torpor
n
1. inactivity, inertia, stagnation, supineness, Archaic. lentitude, (in the Middle East) kef; life-lessness, inanimateness, inanimation, deadness.
2. dormancy, dormience, latency; sleepiness, slumber, drowsiness, doziness, somnolence.
3. lethargy, phlegm, heaviness, dullness, sluggishness, languor, languidness, languorousness, laggardness, Archaic. languishment; listlessness, spiritlessness, passiveness, apathy, indifference, Inf. the blahs.
4. laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, slothfulness, acedia, faineance, otiosity; insouciance, lackadaisicalness, pococurantism.

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