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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"argy\ (-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"argy\, v. t. To lethargize. [Obs.] --Shak.

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)

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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