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Lethargy

Lethargy Meaning & Definition
Lethargy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lethargy?

[n] inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
[n] weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
[n] a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lethargy: inanition | languor | lassitude | lassitude | phlegm | sluggishness | sluggishness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lethargy: abstraction | abulia | acedia | alienation | aloofness | anxiety | anxiety equivalent | anxiety state | apathy | asininity | ataraxia | ataraxy | benumbedness | blah | blahs | blockishness | boobishness | boorishness | boredom | bovinity | catalepsy | catatonic stupor | cloddishness | coma | comatoseness | compulsion | crassness | crudeness | dejection | denseness | density | depression | detachment | dimness | dim-wittedness | disinterest | dispassion | disregard | dolce far niente | doltishness | doziness | drowsiness | dullardism | dullness | dull-wittedness | dumbness | duncery | elation | emotionalism | encephalitis lethargica | enervation | ennui | euphoria | exhaustion | fatigue | folie du doute | grossness | heartlessness | heaviness | hebetude | heedlessness | high | hopelessness | hypochondria | hysteria | hysterics | idleness | impassivity | inactivity | inanimation | inanition | inappetence | indifference | indolence | inertia | inertness | insensibility | insouciance | jadedness | lack of appetite | lackadaisicalness | languidness | languishment | languor | languorousness | lassitude | laziness | lenitude | lentor | lethargicalness | lifelessness | listlessness | loutishness | lumpishness | mania | melancholia | mental distress | narcohypnosis | narcolepsy | narcoma | narcosis | narcotic stupor | narcotization | ninnyism | nod | nonchalance | numbness | oafdom | oafishness | obsession | obtuseness | opacity | oscitancy | oscitation | pandiculation | passiveness | passivity | pathological indecisiveness | phlegm | phlegmaticalness | phlegmaticness | plucklessness | preoccupation | psychalgia | psychomotor disturbance | resignation | resignedness | satedness | sedation | shock | simpletonianism | sleep | sleepiness | sleeping sickness | sloth | slothfulness | slowness | sluggishness | slumber | somnolence | somnolency | sopor | soporifousness | sottishness | spiritlessness | spunklessness | stolidity | stretching | stupefaction | stupidity | stupor | supineness | swoon | thanatosis | thick-headedness | thick-wittedness | tic | tiredness | torpidity | torpidness | torpitude | torpor | trance | twitching | unconcern | unmindfulness | unresponsiveness | unteachability | weakness | weariness | withdrawal | withdrawnness | world-weariness | wrongheadedness | yawning | yokelism

See Also | hebetude | inactiveness | inactivity | inertia | torpidity | torpor | weakness

Lethargy In Webster's Dictionary

\Leth"ar*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. {-gies} (-j[i^]z). [F. l['e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See {Lethe}.] 1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked. 2. A state of inaction or indifference. Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. --Atterbury.
\Leth"ar*gy\, v. t. To lethargize. [Obs.] --Shak.

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