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View usage for: (lɪθɑːʳdʒɪk) adjectiveIf you are lethargic, you do not have much energy or enthusiasm. He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed. Synonyms: sluggish, slow, lazy, sleepy More Synonyms of lethargic lethargic in American English (lɪˈθɑrdʒɪk) adjective1. of or producing lethargy 2. having lethargy; abnormally drowsy or dull, sluggish, etc. Derived forms lethargically (leˈthargically) adverb Word origin ME litargik < L lethargicus < Gr lēthargikosExamples of 'lethargic' in a sentencelethargic There is a danger that players can become lethargic with too much sleep, and need time to eat.In winter they become lethargic and go deeper.The performance was definitely lethargic with the visitors looking fresher and more innovative.If you lie in your room you get lethargic.Coming out of the stalls he was a bit lethargic and was looking round at the jump fences.Your brain becomes lazy and lethargic.I blame myself for a lethargic performance.First he has to trap the insect, then he puts it into a chiller until it becomes lethargic.She becomes lethargic and depressed.A stressed fish may become lethargic, stop feeding and become paler in colour.She said: 'I was lethargic and a bit dull.But as the days passed she seemed to get more lethargic, spending most of the day in bed, sleeping. In other languageslethargic British English: lethargic ADJECTIVE If you are lethargic, you do not have much energy or enthusiasm. He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed. - American English: lethargic
- Brazilian Portuguese: letárgico
- Chinese: 没精打采的
- European Spanish: aletargado
- French: léthargique
- German: träge
- Italian: apatico
- Japanese: 無気力な
- Korean: 무기력한
- European Portuguese: letárgico
- Latin American Spanish: aletargado
He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed. Synonyms indifferent debilitated stupefied unenthusiastic enervated unenergetic Opposites spirited , active , alert , stimulated , vigorous , energetic , animated , responsive Additional synonymsMany people feel apathetic about the candidates in both parties. Synonyms uninterested, passive, indifferent, sluggish, unmoved, stoic, stoical, unconcerned, listless, cold, cool, impassive, unresponsive, phlegmatic, unfeeling, unemotional, torpid, emotionless, insensibleDefinition sound asleep Granpa lies comatose on the sofa. Synonyms inert, stupefied, out cold, somnolent, torpid, insensible, dead to the world (informal), druggedDefinition feeling sleepy He felt pleasantly drowsy. Synonyms sleepy, tired, lethargic, heavy, nodding, dazed, dozy, comatose, dopey (slang), half asleep, somnolent, torpid- let your hair down
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Additional synonymsDefinition not lively or energetic We all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm. Synonyms lifeless, dead, heavy, slow, indifferent, sluggish, insensitive, apathetic, listless, unresponsive, passionless, insensibleDefinition clumsy and slow I struggle to raise eyelids still heavy with sleep. Synonyms sluggish, slow, dull, wooden, stupid, inactive, inert, apathetic, drowsy, listless, indolent, torpid, hevE They certainly were not politically inactive. Synonyms lazy, passive, slow, quiet, dull, low-key (informal), sluggish, lethargic, sedentary, indolent, somnolent, torpid, slothful (formal) Definition inactive or lifeless He covered the inert body with a blanket Synonyms inactive, still, motionless, dead, passive, slack, static, dormant, lifeless, leaden, immobile, inanimate, unresponsive, unmoving, quiescent, torpid, unreactive, slumberous (poetic) Definition lacking energy He's a large languid man with a round and impassive face. Synonyms inactive, lazy, indifferent, lethargic, weary, sluggish, inert, uninterested, listless, unenthusiastic, languorous, lackadaisical, torpid, spiritlessDefinition not inclined to work or exert oneself I was too lazy to learn how to read music. Synonyms idle, inactive, indolent, slack, negligent, inert, remiss (formal), workshy, slothful (formal), shiftlessDefinition lacking interest or energy He was listless and pale and wouldn't eat. Synonyms languid, sluggish, lifeless, lethargic, heavy, limp, vacant, indifferent, languishing, inert, apathetic, lymphatic, impassive, supine, indolent, torpid, inattentive, enervated, spiritless, mopish Definition tired and ready for sleep I was beginning to feel amazingly sleepy. Synonyms drowsy, sluggish, lethargic, heavy, dull, inactive, somnolent, torpid, slumbersome Definition lazy and unwilling to work He was not slothful: he had been busy all night. Synonyms lazy, idle, inactive, indolent, do-nothing (informal), slack, sluggish, inert, skiving (British, slang), torpid, good-for-nothing, workshy, fainéant Definition (of business) not busy Island life is too slow for her liking. Synonyms dull, quiet, boring, dead, tame, slack, sleepy, sluggish, tedious, stagnant, unproductive, inactive, one-horse (informal), uneventful, uninteresting, wearisome, dead-and-alive (British), unprogressive Additional synonymsDefinition drowsy The sedative makes people very somnolent. Synonyms sleepy, drowsy, dozy, comatose, nodding off (informal), torpid, half-awake, heavy-eyed Definition sluggish or dull He led a lazy, torpid life at the weekends. Synonyms inactive, lazy, sluggish, languid, slow, dull, passive, numb, motionless, stagnant, inert, slow-moving, lethargic, apathetic, lymphatic, drowsy, listless, indolent, languorous, somnolent, lackadaisical, slothful (formal), benumbed, fainéant |