torpid /törˈpid/

1. Numb
2. Lethargic
3. Having lost the power of motion and feeling
4. Sluggish
5. (of a hibernating animal) dormant

1. (at Oxford University) a second boat of a college, or its crew
2. (in pl) the Lent term races of eight-oared clinker-built boats

torpidˈity noun

torˈpidly adverb

• give someone her head
• give someone his due
• give someone his head
• give someone his kale through the reek
• give someone laldie
• give someone rope
• give someone stick
• give someone the bird
• give someone the bum's rush
• give someone the come-on
• give someone the finger
• give someone the lie
• give someone the lie in her throat
• give someone the lie in his throat
• give someone the pip
• give someone the slip
• give someone the works
• give something a miss
• give something a whirl
• give something up as a bad job
• give the air
• give the alarm
• give the bucket
• give the cold shoulder
• give the devil his due