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torpid

adjective

Slow and apathetic

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Word length
6
Starts with
T
Ends with
D
Contains
OR
Scrabble score
9

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adjective

  1. Slow and apathetic

    “She was fat and inert”

adjective

  1. In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

    “Dormant buds”

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She was fat and inert
A sluggish worker
A mind grown torpid in old age
Dormant buds
A hibernating bear
Torpid frogs

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