torpor

1. 1.

   a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

   “he fell into a deep torpor”

   Synonymstorpidity

   Broaderphysical condition

   Narrowerhibernationlethargy
2. 2.

   inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

   Synonymslistlessnesstorpiditytorpidness

   Broaderpassivity

Other forms of torpor

plural

torpors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about torpor

What does torpor mean?

torpor means "a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in torpor?

torpor has 2 syllables: tor-por. The stress falls on "tor". In IPA it is /ˈtɔɹpɚ/.

What is another word for torpor?

Close synonyms include torpidity, listlessness, torpidity, torpidness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is torpor a common word?

torpor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.