Torpor
noun
A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensitivity.
He ate so much that he fell into a torpor.
Often appears as...
- fall into torpor
- state of torpor
noun
A state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually by reduced body temperature and metabolic rate.
Bats enter torpor to conserve energy during periods of low food availability.
Often appears as...
- enter torpor
- torpor in bats
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Academic
noun
A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensitivity.
He ate so much that he fell into a torpor.
Often appears as...
- fall into torpor
- state of torpor
noun
A state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually by reduced body temperature and metabolic rate.
Bats enter torpor to conserve energy during periods of low food availability.
Often appears as...
- enter torpor
- torpor in bats
Usage tips
Technical
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Nuance
Indicates a lack of energy or interest that might hint at sadness or depression.
After the defeat, the team was shrouded in torpor.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to describe organizations or groups that are inactive.
The company has been in torpor since the new regulations were announced.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Conveys a more intense form of inactivity compared to just being 'idle' or 'lazy.'
In the stifling heat, the city fell into a deep torpor.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Nuance
Indicates a lack of energy or interest that might hint at sadness or depression.
After the defeat, the team was shrouded in torpor.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to describe organizations or groups that are inactive.
The company has been in torpor since the new regulations were announced.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Conveys a more intense form of inactivity compared to just being 'idle' or 'lazy.'
In the stifling heat, the city fell into a deep torpor.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Nuance
Indicates a lack of energy or interest that might hint at sadness or depression.
After the defeat, the team was shrouded in torpor.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to describe organizations or groups that are inactive.
The company has been in torpor since the new regulations were announced.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Conveys a more intense form of inactivity compared to just being 'idle' or 'lazy.'
In the stifling heat, the city fell into a deep torpor.
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The extraordinary lives...
one is definitely feeding and the way I can tell is that when Lee's another one over here don't forget about that one do you have three you have three feet of you so what's really Kyle is are you leaving on me that one just bit me it kind of hurts when leeches are feeding they go into complete torpor they're
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
to just making sure that what I'm saying to you there is truth I'm pretty sure it is but the great example in this particular area is a bush baby Bush babies do it every day they go into a state of torpor they drop their body drop their body temperatures much but
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Who are you, really? The...
Or it could be your mom. And you'd been acting out of character. These are free traits. You're very agreeable, but you act disagreeably in order to break down those barriers of administrative torpor in the hospital,
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The surprising secrets...
flying off to seek its breakfast elsewhere. After all this fighting, feeding, and flying, hummingbirds sometimes need to sleep off the day’s events in a mild form of hibernation called torpor.
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The extraordinary lives...
one is definitely feeding and the way I can tell is that when Lee's another one over here don't forget about that one do you have three you have three feet of you so what's really Kyle is are you leaving on me that one just bit me it kind of hurts when leeches are feeding they go into complete torpor they're
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
to just making sure that what I'm saying to you there is truth I'm pretty sure it is but the great example in this particular area is a bush baby Bush babies do it every day they go into a state of torpor they drop their body drop their body temperatures much but
Video examples
Who are you, really? The...
Or it could be your mom. And you'd been acting out of character. These are free traits. You're very agreeable, but you act disagreeably in order to break down those barriers of administrative torpor in the hospital,
Video examples
The surprising secrets...
flying off to seek its breakfast elsewhere. After all this fighting, feeding, and flying, hummingbirds sometimes need to sleep off the day’s events in a mild form of hibernation called torpor.
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Walter Gropius
German Architect
The general public, formerly profoundly indifferent to everything to do with building, has been shaken out of its torpor; personal interest in architecture as something that concerns every one of us in our daily lives has been very widely aroused; and the broad line of its future development are already clearly discernible.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.
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Gerard De Nerval
French Novelist
The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the 'I,' under another form, continues the task of existence.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
I most definitely would not buy the 'Daily Mail,' which pours a kind of livid torpor into the eyelids of the average Brit - I skimmed through a copy recently and couldn't believe the rubbish in it.
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Scott Stossel
American Journalist
Many nights, I would begin the evening fueled by caffeine and nicotine, which I needed to propel me out of torpor and hopelessness - only to overshoot into quaking, quivering anxiety.
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Walter Gropius
German Architect
The general public, formerly profoundly indifferent to everything to do with building, has been shaken out of its torpor; personal interest in architecture as something that concerns every one of us in our daily lives has been very widely aroused; and the broad line of its future development are already clearly discernible.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.
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Gerard De Nerval
French Novelist
The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the 'I,' under another form, continues the task of existence.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
I most definitely would not buy the 'Daily Mail,' which pours a kind of livid torpor into the eyelids of the average Brit - I skimmed through a copy recently and couldn't believe the rubbish in it.
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Scott Stossel
American Journalist
Many nights, I would begin the evening fueled by caffeine and nicotine, which I needed to propel me out of torpor and hopelessness - only to overshoot into quaking, quivering anxiety.
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