| Main Entry: | torpid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, slow |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, benumbed, comatose, dopey, dormant, drowsy, dull, faineant, heavy, hebetudinous, idle, inactive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, listless, lymphatic, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, slothful, slow-moving, sluggish, slumberous, sodden, somnolent, stagnant, static, stupid, stuporous |
Antonyms: |
active, energetic, lively, moving, quick |
| Main Entry: | bloodless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, cold, coldhearted, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, passionless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind |
Antonyms: |
caring, feeling, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | comatose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconscious |
Synonyms: |
cold, dead, dead to the world, dopey, drowsy, drugged, hebetudinous, inconscious, insensible, lethargic, out, out cold, out to lunch, senseless, sleepy, sluggish, slumberous, somnolent, soporose, stupefied, stupid, stuporous, torpid, vegged out |
Antonyms: |
alert, awake, conscious |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, cold |
Synonyms: |
anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, boring, callous, deadened, dull, flat, frigid, glazed, inert, insensitive, insipid, lukewarm, numb, numbed, paralyzed, senseless, spiritless, stagnant, stale, still, tasteless, torpid, unfeeling, uninteresting, unresponsive, vapid, wooden |
Antonyms: |
active, animated, interested, live, living, responsive, spirited, warm |
| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow, stupid |
Synonyms: |
blockheaded, boorish, doltish, dull, dumb, fatheaded, ignorant, imbecilic, impassive, lethargic, numskulled, oafish, obtuse, phlegmatic, simple, slow-witted, sluggish, stolid, thick, torpid |
Antonyms: |
brainy, clever, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | dopey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
Synonyms: |
comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, hebetudinous, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, slumberish, thick, torpid |
Antonyms: |
brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart |
| Main Entry: | dormant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive; sleeping |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, asleep, closed down, comatose, down, fallow, hibernating, inert, inoperative, latent, lethargic, lurking, on the shelf, out of action, passive, potential, prepatent, quiescent, sidelined, slack, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, suspended, torpid |
Antonyms: |
active, lively |
| Main Entry: | drowsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
Synonyms: |
comatose, dazed, dopy, dozing, dozy, dreamy, drugged, half asleep, heavy, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, lethargic, lulling, napping, nodding, out of it, restful, sluggish, slumberous, snoozy, somnolent, soothing, soporific, tired, torpid |
Antonyms: |
alert, awake, energized, lively |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insensitive |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, apathetic, blank, boring, callous, colorless, dead, depressed, empty, even, flat, heavy, impassible, inactive, indifferent, inert, insensible, jejune, languid, lifeless, listless, lumpy, monotonous, passionless, placid, prosaic, quiet, regular, routine, slack, slow, sluggish, spiritless, stagnant, still, stolid, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, unsympathetic, usual, vacuous |
Antonyms: |
lively, quick, sensitive, vivacious |