torpor C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈtɔɹpɚ/ UK /ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #81014 Meanings 1 noun a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility Sleeping Beauty fell into a deep torpor. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a state of motor and mental... torpidity More apathystuporaccidieacedianumbnessslothsluggishness ↔ Opposites livelinessaliveness Word family Forms torpors Derived forms torporific Related forms torpedotorpidtorpiditytorpidnesshibernation Common collocations deep torpor Adjective + noun Etymology From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“to be numb”). torpor Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Mind & Cognition Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # torpor **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtɔɹpɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 81014 ## Meanings 1. a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility ## Examples - Sleeping Beauty fell into a deep torpor. ## Synonyms - torpidity - apathy - stupor - accidie - acedia - numbness - sloth - sluggishness ## Antonyms - liveliness - aliveness ## Derived Forms - torporific ## Related Forms - torpedo - torpid - torpidity - torpidness - hibernation ## Roots and Affixes - Root: torpor ## Etymology From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“to be numb”). ## Topics - Mind & Cognition - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown