Can a Person Be Torpid?

inactive or sluggish. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.

What does it mean when someone is torpid?

1a : sluggish in functioning or acting a torpid mind. b : having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling : numb.

How do you use torpid in a sentence?

Torpid sentence example

During the colder months these reptiles remain in a torpid state. He became torpid , bloated and horrible to look at. They were pleasant spring days, in which the winter of man's discontent was thawing as well as the earth, and the life that had lain torpid began to stretch itself.