Lethargy

Quick meaning: Lethargy is a noun meaning A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness.

Meaning

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness.

More Meanings

1. (pathology) A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, deep unresponsiveness, or prolonged sleep patterns.

Example Sentences

Europe lay then under a deep lethargy.

This Apoplexie is (as I take it) a kind of Lethargie, a sleeping of the blood, a horson Tingling.

Yakovlev, one of the architects of the reforms put in place by Mikhail Gorbachev, says he too is "amazed" at the government's lethargy.

So in order to avoid unpleasant side effects like lethargy and sexual dysfunction, most recent trials also gave men testosterone supplements.

Word Forms

• lethargies

Synonyms for lethargy

Depending on context, synonyms include languor, inanition, lassitude, sluggishness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include languor, lassitude, sluggishness, inanition, ennui, stupor.

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