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Definition of Lethargic
1. Adjective. Deficient in alertness or activity. "Bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
Also: Inactive
Similar to: Dazed, Foggy, Groggy, Logy, Stuporous, Dreamy, Lackadaisical, Languid, Languorous, Listless
Antonyms: Energetic
Derivative terms: Lethargy
Definition of Lethargic
1. a. Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.
Definition of Lethargic
1. Adjective. sluggish, slow ¹
2. Adjective. indifferent, apathetic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lethargic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lethargic
Literary usage of Lethargic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"All cells are not equally vulnerable to the toxins of lethargic encephalitis.
The main brunt of the attack and of its consequences falls upon the most ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"lethargic encephalitis, so-called, has been a subject of considerable study and
speculation on the European continent since the spring of 1917, ..."
3. The Library Magazine (1887)
"It is often possible to distinguish between a somnambulistic, a lethargic, and
a cataleptic condition of the hypnotized hysterical subject ; and by ..."
4. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"To sleep), expresses mostly a temporary state ; lethargic, from lethargy, ...
lull'd us in lethargic charms, But now in peals of thunder tails to arms. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This effective artistic form which awoke with a magic cry the poetic genius of
the Hellenes and lent to the lethargic tongues measures of ancient power is ..."
6. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"... DROWSY, lethargic. SLEEPY (p. To sleep) expresses either a temporary or a ...
Та s/ee¡¡), expresses mostly a temporary state; lethargic, from lethargy, ..."
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