lethargizev.
/ˈlɛθədʒʌɪz/ transitive. To affect with lethargy.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > pass (time) listlessly or lethargically [verb (transitive)] > make listless or lethargic
stupefy?a1425
lethargy1608
doze1617
lethargize1633
dozzlea1670
somniate1719
stagnate1725
torpedoa1772
torpefy1808
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 10) 1307 Others are lethargiz'd with a drousie dulnesse.
1812 R. Southey Madoc (ed. 3) I. i. 8 Some philtre in his cup, to lethargize The Briton blood, that came from Owen's veins.
Derivatives
ˈlethargized adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > torpid or sluggish
languish1552
languid1595
lethargized1614
languent1696
lymphatic1834
slow1865
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > morbid sleep > affected with
lethargica1398
lethargious1548
lethargized1614
lethargical1651
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > of feelings, qualities, etc.
rheumatica1627
lethargine1656
lethargean1659
lethargical1661
vigourless1759
lethargized1817
Monday-morning1921
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket v. 254 The Lethargiz'd is not lesse sicke, because hee complaines not so loud as the Aguish.
1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. 53 A..sergeant was giving a sort of lethargized attention..to the details which the elder dame was communicating.
ˈlethargizing adj.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing
leaden1579
stupefying1617
benumbing1628
bedulling1656
obstupefying1660
lethargic1718
sopient1804
torporizing1822
torporific1825
lethargizing1827
torpid1830
deadening1875
1827 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 8 The surest preventive of, or antidote against, the freezing poison, the lethargizing hemlock, of the doctrine of the Sacramentaries.
1830 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 23 May All bitters are poisons, and operate by stilling, and depressing, and lethargizing the irritability.
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