Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. -gies (-j[i^]z). [F.
l['e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos
forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See Lethe.]
1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which
a person can scarcely be awaked.
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2. A state of inaction or indifference.
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Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. --Atterbury.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\, v. t.
To lethargize. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lethargy
n 1: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
[syn: lassitude, sluggishness]
2: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn:
inanition, lassitude]
3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy [syn: languor,
sluggishness, phlegm]
WordNet (r) 2.0
176 Moby Thesaurus words for "lethargy":
abstraction, abulia, acedia, alienation, aloofness, anxiety,
anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, asininity, ataraxia,
ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blockishness, boobishness,
boorishness, boredom, bovinity, catalepsy, catatonic stupor,
cloddishness, coma, comatoseness, compulsion, crassness, crudeness,
dejection, denseness, density, depression, detachment,
dim-wittedness, dimness, disinterest, dispassion, disregard,
dolce far niente, doltishness, doziness, drowsiness,
dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, elation,
emotionalism, encephalitis lethargica, enervation, ennui, euphoria,
exhaustion, fatigue, folie du doute, grossness, heartlessness,
heaviness, hebetude, heedlessness, high, hopelessness,
hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, idleness, impassivity,
inactivity, inanimation, inanition, inappetence, indifference,
indolence, inertia, inertness, insensibility, insouciance,
jadedness, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, languidness,
languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, laziness,
lenitude, lentor, lethargicalness, lifelessness, listlessness,
loutishness, lumpishness, mania, melancholia, mental distress,
narcohypnosis, narcolepsy, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor,
narcotization, ninnyism, nod, nonchalance, numbness, oafdom,
oafishness, obsession, obtuseness, opacity, oscitancy, oscitation,
pandiculation, passiveness, passivity, pathological indecisiveness,
phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness,
preoccupation, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, resignation,
resignedness, satedness, sedation, shock, simpletonianism, sleep,
sleepiness, sleeping sickness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness,
sluggishness, slumber, somnolence, somnolency, sopor,
soporifousness, sottishness, spiritlessness, spunklessness,
stolidity, stretching, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor, supineness,
swoon, thanatosis, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, tic,
tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, trance,
twitching, unconcern, unmindfulness, unresponsiveness,
unteachability, weakness, weariness, withdrawal, withdrawnness,
world-weariness, wrongheadedness, yawning, yokelism
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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