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Superlative for sluggish, lacking in energy or vigor
“Tamsin stretched out with a groan, feeling torpid and lazy.”
Superlative for idle or lazy, slow to move or act
“But there are still many passive, uneducated, inert, mentally and physically torpid workers.”
Superlative for feeling tired or sleepy
“The ailment causes great distress to the sufferer, who lies torpid in bed, because walking or even moving is attended with great pain.”
Superlative for desensitized or numb to any feeling, sensation or emotion
“Hence, it came about, that when necessity constrained him to speak, his tongue was torpid, awkward, and like a door whose hinges have grown rusty.”
Superlative for slow in pace or speed
“Fast they were not, sailing underwater at a torpid pace of 9 knots.”
Superlative for stationary, immobile, or not moving
“Yet this might well be called a long time for him to remain fixed as a torpid statue in one place.”
Superlative for lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement
Superlative for showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
Superlative for dull, sluggish, or ugly
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